Focus and the Fast Track
Over the years I have seen the application of the method presented in this book
create profound results for people in their day-to-day worlds. As you begin to
use it habitually as your primary means of addressing all situations—from
processing e-mails, to buying a house or a company, to structuring meetings or
having conversations with your kids—your personal productivity can go through
the roof.
Many of the professionals I have worked with
who integrated this method
now find themselves experiencing enhanced or even new jobs and careers. These
processes really work in the arena of the ordinary things we must deal with daily
—the stuff of our work. When you demonstrate to yourself and to others an
increasing ability to get things done “in the trenches,” you probably won’t stay
in the same trench for very long.
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It’s been inspiring for me to learn and coach
others how to deal with the immediate realities down where the rubber hits the
road—and how to tie in the power of positive imagery to practical experiences in
all our daily lives.
The “fast track” alluded to in the section heading above is a bit of misnomer.
For some, slowing down, getting
out of the squirrel cage, and taking care of
themselves may be the major change precipitated by this methodology. The
bottom line is it makes you more conscious, more focused, and more capable of
implementing the changes and results you want, whatever they are.
“Create a way to regularly spend more time with my daughter” is as specific a
project as any, and equally demanding of a next action to be determined. Having
the vague, gnawing sense that you “should” do something about your
relationship with your daughter, and not actually doing anything, can be a killer.
I often work with clients who are willing to acknowledge the real things of their
lives at this level as “incompletes”—to
write them down, define real projects
about them, and ensure that next actions are decided on—until the finish line is
crossed. That is real productivity, perhaps in its most awesome manifestation.
