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Turning Blog Posts into an E-book
The first thing that I did was answer a few questions that came to me via email from readers that were interested in knowing my thoughts on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. They had read (or tried to read) the book and had trouble. They had trouble because the book is a little bit difficult to apply, because the stories and anecdotes did not fit with their personal situations.
Soon this became part of my FAQ series (at my old blog), because so many people were asking about it. So I decided to write a series of posts on how to apply each of the 7 Habits into your own daily routine. This became a pretty big job! I started out with an outline of what I wanted to say in each post, then went looking for examples and created some worksheets to help with each of the habits.
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I have a new post up at the work.life.creativity blog about dealing with ADD.
I had a very interesting discussion with a friend of mine on Saturday morning. We haven’t been able to keep in touch as much as we would have liked, especially with the way that 2008 ended for my own family. So we took some time to catch up, talk about how our businesses were going, and how we could work together in the future.
She happens to have a great deal of experience working with people who have ADD and chronic disorganization problems, and our conversation veered off into that territory in short order. It was a very profitable discussion, since I was able to “step back” and look at some of the things that had happened last year and how to avoid them in 2009. I have written about this before, but I believe that this is probably a good time to bring it up again:
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective ADD Adults
First, let me start with the qualification that ADD and ADHD and other “Attention Inconsistency” difficulties are real, and that I am not a doctor. I struggle with this situation daily, sometimes I do well, other days are less than excellent.
These practices and this outlook work fairly well for me, your mileage may vary.
In order to get the most from the positive aspects of the ADD mind, such as creativity, originality, it is important to do our best to stay away from those things that make ADD a “negative” aspect of our lives. While many ADD adults resist structure, the truth is that our minds crave it. The secret is to discover a structure that engages our imagination, encourages our creativity, and is flexible enough for our individuality.
If you found this post useful, please share it with your friends on Twitter using the tinylink http://tinyurl.com/aec97w. Thanks, I appreciate it! Feel free to comment below, I enjoy discussing these ideas. ~@Stephen
At long last the e-book is ready! I have compiled all of the posts and worksheets from one of my most popular series into one download.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People E-book
If you are looking to get more information on how to implement the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in a Getting Things Done-style system you are in the right place. Over the course of the next few pages you will encounter lessons in personal change that can transform your life.
Because this is not exactly a simple concept to implement, I have created a set of 7 lessons that will guide you through the stages of implementation over the next 7 weeks. This should give you a chance to focus on each new habit in your life for one full week before implementing the next one. Some of the lessons are supplemented by a follow-up worksheet that I have created to help you start implementing the new habit.
If you found this post useful, please share it with your friends on Twitter using the tinylink http://tinyurl.com/7wgj24. Thanks, I appreciate it! Feel free to comment below, I enjoy discussing these ideas. ~@Stephen
One of the pitfalls when you work at home is maintaining a consistent and persistent attitude toward getting your work done. When I am “working for myself” on a project that I have assigned to myself, the deadline seems less real, less urgent.
Last week I sorta jumped from one thing to another, until I was able to land a couple of client consultations and some marketing work. (…read more about my services here…) Then I was able to spring into action, getting the work done on time and under budget. This week, I have two of my own projects to complete, and there is a bit of a real time-element to them. I would very much like to have them done in two weeks. It’s time to buckle down.
Create a Weekly Schedule
I used my Open Office spreadsheet program to create a weekly schedule template. It runs Monday through Sunday, and includes all of the hours from 5:00 am to 8:00 pm (I like to get up early!):
This is a much-simplified version of the “7 Habits Weekly Planner” that we discussed previously. In fact, if you have trouble with filling in the 7 Habits planner, you may want to use the simple one as a rough draft for filling in this one:
In any case I used the worksheet on Sunday when I ran my Weekly Review in order to prepare for the tasks and projects that I wanted to accomplish this week. For more information about the 7 Habits Weekly Calendar please read these posts:Implementing the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
If you are looking to get more information on how to implement the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in a Getting Things Done-style system you are in the right place. Over the course of the next few pages you will encounter lessons in personal change that can transform your life.
Because this is not exactly a simple concept to implement, I have created a set of 7 lessons that will guide you through the stages of implementation over the next 7 weeks. This should give you a chance to focus on each new habit in your life for one full week before implementing the next one. Some of the lessons are supplemented by a follow-up worksheet that I have created to help you start implementing the new habit.
I would really like to hear your comments, start a discussion.
If you found this post useful, please share it with your friends on Twitter using the tinylink http://tinyurl.com/3wjc9e. Thanks, I appreciate it! Feel free to comment below, I enjoy discussing these ideas. ~@Stephen
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February 16th, 2010 by Stephen
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