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By Christine Reedy Whether you’re  trying to impress your new boss or gunning for a promotion, it can be hard to say no to more work. After all, you want everyone to see your hard-working, challenge-accepting, up-for-anything attitude. Unfortunately, every new project you agree to take on comes with a looming deadline—and before you know it, you can barely keep your head above water. When you feel like projects are starting to slip through the cracks or you just can’t give your best because you’re spread too thin, take some time to address the situation  before your to-do list gets the best of you . Here are a few ways to tackle an overwhelming workload and get back on track. 1. Create a Schedule Keep a master schedule of all of your final deadlines by setting up a calendar on iCal or Google Calendar or using a nice planner (I love the set-up of  Moleskine’s weekly notebooks ). Seeing everything in one place can help you prioritize your time because you’l...

1. Percent of Time You Spend on Your Three Critical Priorities Nearly every client I see  struggles with an oversized workload . However, when we take the time to really break down the work, it usually involves a lot of wasted time and energy. Work avoidance, procrastination, multi-tasking, and distractions all sidetrack essential work, add stress, and make any workload seem bigger than it is. If you are workload-challenged, here’s an exercise to complete each day: Put two columns on a page. On the left, record your three to five biggest, most important, most performance-influencing priorities—you know, the ones that are going to show up on your year-end review, get you a raise, and make the department score a touchdown. On the right side, each day, keep track of the work you actually do and the amount of time each task takes. Then, track the percentage of time you’re spending on your most important priorities versus everything else. What do you notice? If there’s a gap ...

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My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me(Henry Ford). Think about what your friends bring out in you and if it's not your best, it might be time for you to make some changes. The more consistently successful your people are, the higher you rise in the organisation The quality of your life and the duration of your success journey depend on your attitude and you are the only person in this world with the power to make it better. If you wany to change attitudes start with a change in behaviour, in other words begin to act the apart as well as you can of the person you would rather be, the person you most want to become. Gradually the old fearful person will fade away. (Dr William Glaser). From the moment I took off, I wasn't sure exactly what would happen or where I would land, but I knew that I would make it. (Paul Nanney). I learned long ago that I couldn't listen to everyone who told me I couldn't do something (Paul. N.) You cannot push any...

We live in an imperfect world and because of that as long as we live we won't see a time when everything we do is rewarded justly. Even when truth and justice are on your side, you may never be able to right your wrongs. Continually fighting your rights in an imperfect world can make you resentful, angry, hateful and bitter. The destructive emotions sap your energies and make you negative and besides when you focus on your rights, you are often looking backward rather than foward. You cannot make any progress when you are facing the wrong way. "If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light" (Glen Clark). Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness , selfishness and fear. When you stop worrying about your rights and you turn your focus in the right  direction, you will have move forward on the journey. You recognise the wrong, but you forgive and focus on what you can control, your responsibilities. Doing that increases your energy, builds your potential an...

Read about this subject, think about its benefits, and persuade yourself to try it. The power of your thoughts is a mighty power that is always shaping your life. This shaping is usually done subconsciously, but it is possible to make the process a conscious one. Even if the idea seems strange, give it a try. You have nothing to lose, but only to gain. Ignore what other people say or think about you, if they discover that you are changing the way you think. Use your imagination to visualize only favorable and beneficial situations. Use positive words in your inner dialogues, or when talking with others. Smile a little more, as this helps to think positively. Once a negative thought enters your mind, you have to be aware of it, and endeavor to replace it with a constructive one. If the negative thought returns, replace it again with a positive one. It is as if there are two pictures in front of you, and you have to choose to look at one of them, and disregard the other. Persiste...

With a positive attitude  we experience pleasant and happy feelings. This brings brightness to the eyes, more energy, and happiness. Our whole being broadcasts good will, happiness and success. Even our health is affected in a beneficial way. We walk tall, our voice is more powerful, and our body language shows the way we feel. Positive and negative thinking are contagious. We affect, and are affected by the people we meet, in one way or another. This happens instinctively and on a subconscious level, through words, thoughts and feelings, and through body language. Is it any wonder that we want to be around positive people, and prefer to avoid negative ones? People are more disposed to help us, if we are positive, and they dislike and avoid anyone broadcasting negativity. Negative thoughts, words and attitude, create negative and unhappy feelings, moods and behavior. When the mind is negative, poisons are released into the blood, which cause more unhappiness and negati...

Positive thinking is a mental and emotional attitude that focuses on the bright side of life and expects positive results. A person with positive thinking anticipates happiness, health and success, and believes that he or she can overcome any obstacle and difficulty. Positive thinking is not a concept that everyone believes and follows. Some, consider it as nonsense, and scoff at people who follow it. However, there is a growing number of people, who accept positive thinking as a fact, and believe in its effectiveness. It seems that this subject is gaining popularity, as evidenced by the many books, lectures and courses about it. To use it in your life, you need more than just to be aware of its existence. You need to adopt the attitude of positive thinking in everything you do. How Positive Thinking Works The following story illustrates how this power works: Allan applied for a new job, but he didn't believe he will get it, since his self-esteem was low, and he c...

Many people fail in life because they believe in the adage: If you don't succeed, try something else. But success eludes those who follows such advice.... The dreams that have come true did so because people stuck to their ambitions. They refused to be discouraged, they never let disappointment get the upper hand. Challenges only spurred them on to greater effort (Don B Owens Jr). Those characteristics are the results of a good attitudes.