"This is a ruthless world, and one must be ruthless to cope with it." -- Charlie Chaplin, American actor.
The word "ruthless" often gets a bad rap in the business world---and well it should, when companies mistreat clients, vendors, or employees. But in two business cases, ruthlessness is acceptable (even essential) within reasonable limits: when striving for a greater market share, and when trying to maximize your personal productivity.
Both flavors of ruthlessness will make you unpopular among some groups---your competitors on the one hand, and certain co-workers on the other. But you don't work for your competitors or your co-workers. Besides, in both cases, you must be ruthless only in the aggressive sense, not the cruel one. Kick It Up a Notch By now, you've surely realized the need to block out distractions, slash your task lists to the bone, and otherwise wield your time management skills like a samurai sword. Such skills represent the main ingredients of any productive work/life balance. But spices make a big difference in most recipes, so let's look at the tasty blend I call PEPPER.
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1. Purpose. It's easier to excel when you have good, positive reasons for doing so. Why does success matter to you? Why is achieving a strategic priority important? Providing for your family, building a nest egg for retirement, making a name for yourself, moving your company forward-whatever your productivity reasons are, write them down, tell the story to others, and use the list to inspire you.
Find out the rest of the PEPPER blend here
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