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#1 USE “WASTED” TIME
1.) At the end of your day, sit down and review the choices that you made throughout that day and figure out what thoughts went into those decisions. If there are things that could have been done differently, use the "wasted" time to think of new ideas and strategies to accomplish goals and/or resolve issues differently, next time.
#2 A PROBLEM A DAY
2.) Choose THE most important issue that is heavy on your mind, first, and then leave the less important problems to solve themselves.
INTERNALIZE INTELLECTUAL STANDARDS
3.) Each week, develop your awareness and understanding of one of the (8) eight Intellectual Standards:
Clarity
Precision
Accuracy
Relevance
Depth
Breadth
Logicalness
Significance
KEEP AN INTELLECTUAL JOURNAL
4.) Keep a log of important situations and your responses to them ant the outcome. Then analyze the issues to assess what you learned and how you will handle similar situations in the future.
RESHAPE YOUR CHARACTER
5.) Be able to admit when you are wrong and/or notice when you become unnecessarily defensive and whether you are open-minded enough, to learn from your mistakes.
DEAL WITH YOUR EGOCENTRISM
6.) Egos are “on fire” all over the Universe like well-placed landmines. So watch your step, your ego is no better than the next ego! Mike Tyson once said:
“Your ego will offend my ego.”
Pretty clever and funny, right?
REDEFINE THE WAY YOU SEE THINGS
7.) To keep your viewpoints fresh and adaptable, try looking out of a different “mental window” for new inspiration and to see things differently.
GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR EMOTIONS
8.) Untie your emotions from issues so that you can deal with issues, using a clear mind, sans emotional drama.
ANALYZE YOUR GROUP INFLUENCES
9.) Are the people in your life encouraging or
discouraging?
