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Service To A Worldwide Community From Clay
Road Baptist Church Mark Redd - Pastor Are You Wasting Time? Do
your habits help you achieve positive results, or do they hinder your success?
Check your habits against these good time-management habits.
Merrill Douglass, in his book Success Secrets, gives 5 habits to
utilizing time more effectively. Habit
No. 1:
Keep setting new goals.
The simple truth is that people who regularly write out their goals
achieve more. Studies show they
also make more money and gain more personal fulfillment. Habit
No. 2:
Analyze your behavior.
What do you do? Why do you do it? How often do you do it? How much time do
you spend doing it? How much does it help? At least once a year, keep a time log
for a month. Track both work time
and personal time. Habit
No. 3:
Plan your time.
A good plan will help you accomplish more.
It will also save you time and effort.
Write out a plan for every week. What
are your goals for this week? What
must you do? When will different
activities take place? How much
time will you need? Try this for
several weeks, and then evaluate your progress to see how much it helps. Habit
No. 4: Cut out timewasters.
Most of us complain about the timewasters in our lives.
However, very few people are actively working to eliminate the
timewasters that bother them most. Stop
complaining and act. Pick one
timewaster every week, and focus on decreasing it.
Can you eliminate it? Can
you reduce it? Can you lessen its impact? Do
this every week, all year long. In
just a few weeks, you will have formed the habit of searching for and
eliminating timewasters. Habit
No. 5:
Stop procrastinating.
We
often try to side-step unpleasant things by putting them off. Sometimes it works; most of the time it does not.
Fight the do-it-later urge. Do
it now instead. If you always do what
you have always done, you will always be what you have always
been. Do not expect different
results from the same old
actions. "Act like people with good sense and not like fools.
These are evil times, so make every minute count.
Do not be foolish. Instead
find out what you have been designed by God to do and do it!"
Ephesians 5:15-16 Clay
Road Baptist Church
9151
Clay Road @ Pinemont NW Houston 77080 (713)
462-3401 Fax (713) 462-3480
Home Page: http://www.gocrbc.org |
