Are you feeling busy lately, but almost nothing or too little gets accomplished?Are you responding to a lot of demands first, feeling like you are on a fighter-flight, before doing any work within your project or business?When we do this, we are not only attempting to put off fires, but also we spend no time doing the activities that we deeply enjoy.Most tragically, we spend no time at the things that have long-term value or important enough to move things forward.Why are we doing this, and what to do about it?Most of the time it is because of an unproductive habit that was established quite some time ago.See, we do not work on things automatically, because they are conscious.We form habits, and they are unconscious.Along with certain unproductive habits, we tend to measure performance, based on the time spend when we take action and make things happen.Well, if you try to measure performance in time, you are not going to be using your full capacity that you are really capable of.That's because time is finite.If you measure things in time or how much of work you have to get done in a certain period of time, it usually appears to be longer than expected.There's no wonder why we tend to keep ourselves busy, but counter-intuitively, accomplish very little, because we have the need to postpone the important things.10% of your efforts should accompany 90% of the results.That's an optimal performance.However, there's a missing piece.Most people have no clue that your feelings determine your performance and quality of work.When you are busy all the time, have you noticed how you felt?Let me guess. overwhelmed, frustrated, stressed out, and overworked.When you see no results out of your efforts, how do you feel?Not motivated, tired, anxious, freaked out, angry, sometimes even fearful, because you may question your abilities to get the job done at all.What do we do in such situations?Self-doubts like, "I am not good enough," and self-criticism creep in.Based on what I've learned from Tony Schwartz is that if you feel positive, energized and simply being at your higher-self, you are always going to perform at your best.So, when you feel anxious, frustrated, tired, overwhelmed, you are going to under perform.Most people do not know this, but I am telling you, that's the key to high performance.The quality of your emotions determines your ability to perform well.Work only when you experience positive emotions.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
The Science Of Full Engagement
Are you feeling busy lately, but almost nothing or too little gets accomplished?Are you responding to a lot of demands first, feeling like you are on a fighter-flight, before doing any work within your project or business?When we do this, we are not only attempting to put off fires, but also we spend no time doing the activities that we deeply enjoy.Most tragically, we spend no time at the things that have long-term value or important enough to move things forward.Why are we doing this, and what to do about it?Most of the time it is because of an unproductive habit that was established quite some time ago.See, we do not work on things automatically, because they are conscious.We form habits, and they are unconscious.Along with certain unproductive habits, we tend to measure performance, based on the time spend when we take action and make things happen.Well, if you try to measure performance in time, you are not going to be using your full capacity that you are really capable of.That's because time is finite.If you measure things in time or how much of work you have to get done in a certain period of time, it usually appears to be longer than expected.There's no wonder why we tend to keep ourselves busy, but counter-intuitively, accomplish very little, because we have the need to postpone the important things.10% of your efforts should accompany 90% of the results.That's an optimal performance.However, there's a missing piece.Most people have no clue that your feelings determine your performance and quality of work.When you are busy all the time, have you noticed how you felt?Let me guess. overwhelmed, frustrated, stressed out, and overworked.When you see no results out of your efforts, how do you feel?Not motivated, tired, anxious, freaked out, angry, sometimes even fearful, because you may question your abilities to get the job done at all.What do we do in such situations?Self-doubts like, "I am not good enough," and self-criticism creep in.Based on what I've learned from Tony Schwartz is that if you feel positive, energized and simply being at your higher-self, you are always going to perform at your best.So, when you feel anxious, frustrated, tired, overwhelmed, you are going to under perform.Most people do not know this, but I am telling you, that's the key to high performance.The quality of your emotions determines your ability to perform well.Work only when you experience positive emotions.
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