No Excuses!

Use the 3 Percent Formula to Invest in Yourself

“If I could do only one thing on this list, all day long, which one task or activity contributes the most value to my company?”

According to the experts, fully 70 percent of your business decisions will turn out to be wrong in the fullness of time. This is the average.

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The rule is that you should never do a B task when you have an A task left undone. You should never do a lower-value task when you have a higher-value task before you.

1. The ability to set priorities and work on high-value tasks; and 2. The discipline to get the job done quickly and well. It seems that these two qualities are more helpful for career success than anything else a person can do. Diligent, disciplined, focused work will enable you to consistently and predictably get more done, get paid more, and get pr

Having heard this before, I then ask them the critical question: “Is there anyone at your company who earns twice as much as you?” The person who I am talking to will always agree that, “Yes, there are people in my company who earn two or three times as much as I do.” I then make the key point, “So your company is quite willing to pay some people t

• Fourth, Begin Immediately to Improve on the Worst. Take every step that you possibly can to make sure that the worst possible outcome does not occur. Take action immediately. Do something. Get on with it. Act quickly. Get so busy making sure that the worst thing does not happen that you have no time to worry.