19條助你提高效益的準則
英文：
1. Create a plan for each day - use the plan to organize your day, but don't be married tothe plan - remain flexible.
2. Keep a list of your priorities in view. Measure your to-dos and planned actions against
them.
3. Ask of each new task before you: "Who is the best person to be doing this task?"
4. Ask specifically for what you want, including conditions of satisfaction, and timeframes.Don't expect people to read your mind.
5. Skip the morning news on TV. It's primarily negative. Skip the late night news on TV.
Its even more negative than the morning news. Go to sleep earlier, read, or write a journal.
6. Start each day with 30-60 minutes of reading - business, educational or inspirational.
7. Refine and clarify your vision. Where are your actions taking your organization?
8. Whatever you are currently complaining about - stop it.
9. Use the 80/20 rule to your advantage.
10. Work on one item at a time.
11. Put your basic values into writing.
12. Put your goals (all of them) into writing.
13. Do your next day's planning at the end of the day.
14. Be networking conscious.
15. Establish a reading / learning program.
16. Ask the question, where is the strategic or competitive advantage?
17. Figure out what you are very good at doing - delegate or outsource the rest.
18. Analyze the cost/benefit of what you are doing. It may be more cost-effective to
delegate or outsource.
19. Ask yourself, "Is what I am doing the highest value contribution I can make now?"
If not, don't do it.
中文：
1.每天做一個--用這個來安排你的日子，但不要過於死板，要保持靈活性。
2.爲考慮之中的事情按主次列一個表，衡量它們的重要性並且有地對待。
3.對你面臨的每一個新任務問一句，"誰是這個任務的最佳人選。"
4.明確的提出你需要的東西，包括滿意的條件、構成。不要指望別人瞭解你的內心所想。
5.不要看早間新聞，它們大多是消極的。不看晚間新聞，它們更消極。早點上牀，閱讀或寫一篇日記。
6.每天早上閱讀30-60分鐘--(內容可以是)商業的，有意義或能給人靈感的`。
7.精練地闡明你的見解。你的行爲最終目的是什麼?
8.所有的抱怨。
9.用80/20的準則對待你的利益。
10.在一個內集中精力做一件事情。
11.把你的基本觀寫下來。
12.把你的(所有的)寫下來。
13.你的下一天是今天晚上就好的嗎?
14.有意識地建立關係網。
15.建立一個閱讀或學習。
16.問這樣一個問題：自己的戰略性或性優勢在哪裏?
17.確定你最善於做的是什麼--將其它事交給別人做。
18.對你正做的事情做一個成本效益分析。
19.問你自己："我正在做的事情是我現在能獲得的最大利益回報嗎"，如果不是這樣，你就不要去做。
有人曾經問一位非常的傳奇人物："您認爲您能夠獲得如此巨大的最重要原因是什麼?"
他回答道："因爲我有非常多的。"
那人又問： "那你是怎樣獲得這麼多的寶貴呢? "
答："通過非常多次的。"
