Personal Effectiveness

Internal Success Factors

1.Knowledge(Whattodo)
2.Skills&Abilities
2030%
(ActionsHowtodo)
3.Paradigms(MentalHabits)
Perspectives(Howweseethings) 7080%
Attitude
Desire(Whytodo)
100%

Its All Invented

We rarely acknowledge that we are projecting our own
preferences or importing understanding! We call our
perception, reality!!

There is a famous marketing story of two representatives sent

to a rural part of a developing country to assess the market for
shoes.
The first one writes back, No potential, no one here
wears shoes at all.
The second one writes back, Limitless opportunities, no
one wears shoes at all!

How You View things

Problems/Dangers
Failures
Weaknesses
Setbacks
Obstacles
We Cant
The cup is half empty

OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR

Despair
Past experiences
Close minded

OR
OR
OR

Opportunities
Successes
Strengths
Breakthroughs
Innovations
What Can I Do?
How can we fill the
cup?
Hope
Possibilities
Open minded

Efficient & Effective

Differences
Efficient
doing things right
Time driven
Resource focused
Activity based

Effective
doing the right things
Compass driven
Goal focused
People & activity based

Effectiveness Defined
P - Production
(Getting what we want)
PC - Production Capability
(taking care of the assets)

Effectiveness
P/PC Balance

Production

Production Capability

Desired Results

Assets

Personal Effectiveness

Execution

40%

Map

30%

Direction

30%
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Personal Effectiveness
Direction
Values / Life Roles / Personal Mission / Goals /
Work Accountabilities for Work

Map
What is the Plan or Action Steps needed / Priority
Activities

Execution
Personal Organization + Action + Keeping on
Course

Roles & Priority Activities

What are the important end results of
your job?
What are (should be) your priority
activities?
What are the activities you are doing
now?
What is the ideal percentage of time that
goes with each activity?

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Because we dont know what is really

important to us everything seems important
Because everything seems important we have
to do everything
Other people, unfortunately, see us doing
everything, so they expect us to do
everything
Doing everything keeps us so busy we dont
have time to think about what is really
important to us

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Time/Life Matrix & Mindset

NOT IMPORTANT

IMPORTANT

Busyness
URGENT

NOT URGENT
You Must
Work On!

Necessity

Leadership

Deception

Waste

II

Things Work
On You!!!

III

IV

Your Paradigms?
Do you focus on efficiency before
effectiveness?
Are you driven by the clock or
compass?
Do you have a good balance between
busyness & taking care of the assets
important to you?

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Stepsto
Six
Step

PersonalEffectiveness
WeeklyPlanningProcess

Check Progress Daily (5 MIN)

Step

SCHEDULE your priorities for the week (10

MIN)
Step

Set weekly GOALS (from steps 1 - 3)

(5 MIN)
Step

Questions
What goals did I achieve?
What challenges did I
encounter?
What decisions did I make?
What did I learn?

Review roles - priority activities &

monthly Goals (2 MIN)
Step

Step

Evaluate last week accomplishments (10 MIN)

Review company &
personal vision, values &
annual goals (2 MIN)

Daily Planning - Step #6

Take 5 - 10 minutes at the start of the
day (in a quiet place, if you can find
one) - review yesterday and your
results week to date & PLAN what you
want to accomplish for the day
When things happen, first THINK
what is most important and ACT in
the most important area
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