1. Sleep less. This is one of the most important contributions you can make to making your life more productive and dignified. Most people require no more than 6 hours of sleep to maintain excellent health. Try to get up just an hour earlier for 21 days and it will become a strong and strong habit. Remember, it's not the quantity that matters, but the quality of your sleep. Now imagine that you have an extra 30 hours a month for things that are much more important to you.
2. Set aside one hour each morning to reflect on personal development issues. Imagine the day ahead, mentally and visually, listen to music recordings that motivate you, or read something from classical literature. Use this period of calm to lift and revitalize your spirit for the productive day ahead.
3. Don't let the things that are most important to you be overshadowed by those that are not so important. Take time every day to test yourself: "Was this the best use of my time and my energy?" Time management is life management, so manage your time as best you can.
4. You can use a piece of rubber as a training tool for your mind, making it focus only on positive thoughts and elements of your life. Place the elastic around your wrist. Whenever a negative or weak thought tries to enter your brain, click your wrist with the rubber band. Through the effort of training, your brain will associate pain with negative thinking and you will soon develop a strong positive mindset.
5. Always answer the phone with enthusiasm in your voice and immediately show your respect for the caller. Good manners are very important. Stand up for the phone line to communicate your confidence. This will give your voice even more strength and persuasiveness.
6. Throughout the day, any of us sometimes finds inspiration and comes with brilliant ideas. You should always have a small stack of cards on hand (you can even have the size of a business card, such cards are sold in any office supply store) and a pen to immediately capture the essence of the insight. When you get home, rewrite your ideas in a convenient place, such as a notebook, to re-read from time to time. As Oliver Wendell Holmes observed: "The human brain, stretched out by a new idea, no longer shrinks to its previous size."
7. Dedicate each Sunday night to yourself and make it your habit. Plan your week ahead carefully, visualize all your meetings and what you want to achieve in them, read new materials and inspiring books, listen to quiet soothing music and just relax.
8. Always remember the important rule that the quality of your life is the quality of your communication. It's not just how you communicate with others that matter. More important is how you communicate with yourself. What you focus on is what you get. If you are looking for a positive outcome, it will. This is a fundamental law of nature.
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9. Focus on goals, not results. In other words, do the job because you like it or because it will help someone or provide a rewarding experience. Don't do anything just for money or recognition. They will come by themselves. This is how the world works.
10. Laugh for five minutes in front of the mirror every morning. Steve Martin does just that. Laughter triggers many beneficial chemical reactions in our body that lead us to a wonderful and joyful state. Laughter also brings the body into balance.
From the book: "All at once: Nothing is possible"