Book summary of Superself. A really old business book

I read this book many years ago and loved it. My Executive VP read it recently and wrote down some nuggets of wisdon

• Learn from the experiences of others, rather than your own. If you live your life as most people do, you will forced to settle for what most people settle for.
• To design and control your future effectively, you must first let go of your past. Dwelling in the past limits and controls your future.
• To get to where you wan to go, first firmly plant your feet on the ground where you are. Complaining about your circumstance will only distract your focus.
• Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.
• To win in other peoples ballparks, play by their rules. Whether your way is right or better is irrelevant. Your objective is to win.
• Accept the rules or change ballparks.
• Use near misses as a sign that you’re off course, not a sign that you have failed.
• Use negative feedback to make positive course corrections.
• Develop your blueprint or life plan
o Dreams list – Create them as if there were no limits to your life.
o Goals list - Specific and measurable with expectations. Keep a copy of your top 10 goals where you will see them every day.
o Values list – Determine your top 10 values, align your goals with your values.
o Action plan –Break each goal down into a manageable objectives
o Daily activity list – Transform efficiency into effectiveness with a prioritized activities list.
• Overcome doubt with positive, present tense affirmations.
• Apply the 80/20 rule – 20 percent of the activities you choose to spend time on will produce 80 percent of the results you are after. It’s a waste of time, talent and energy to spend time on anything not in the top 20 percent of your activities.
• Build your effectiveness my learning to maintain focus.
• Earn confidence and trust in others by keeping your agreements.
• Promise only what you can deliver, and deliver what you promise.
• Take control of your time – prioritize, plan in advance, be on time, eliminate interruptions, maintain a positive attitude.
• Leave your car keys in the same place every time you arrive home.
• Change all door locks so that one key fits all.
• Ignore the phone and doorbell when getting ready.
• Fill your gas tank on your time, not on a stress time.
• Add a ten minute window of time for appointments
• Schedule personal time and activities as if they were appointments
• Don’t allow job related problems to interrupt personal time.
• Eliminate mundane maintenance activities – remove all of the activities that do not contribute directly to your dreams and goals.
• If the cost is less than your per-hour value, hire someone else to do the job.
• When in doubt, let someone else do it.
• Screen incoming calls and check your messages no more than twice a day.
• Don’t give your business number to personal acquaintances.
• Determine your peak performance time (hours when your brain is functioning at its maximum and your energy level is high).
• Write all letters and memos in your peak performance period.
• Hire the best people
• Set limits on time spent with a talker.
• Listen carefully so you only have to listen once.
• Use commuting time to increase your knowledge
• Always keep a recorder in your car for capturing ideas and dictating actions.
• Exercise at least once every other day.
• Cut down on the quantity of food, fats and alcohol.
• Drink plenty of water
• Breathe deeply and sit up straight.
• Use short naps to overcome fatigue.
• Eliminate worry by refocusing on the future.
• Constantly confront things you fear. Act even in the face of fear.
• Visualize a positive outcome for every fear-triggering situation you face.
• Eliminate negativity from your life.
• Don’t make value judgments about people or events.
• To reduce stress state preferences instead of expectations or demands.

Mini-Review for Tim Sanders new book Today We Are Rich

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Coffeemaverick's 22 books for entrepreneurs (Plus 1 Bonus Audio)

 1) Holy Bible- God and various Authors
 2) How To Win Friends And Influence People-Dale Carnegie
 3) The Power of Positive Thinking-Norman Vincent Peale
 4) Think and Grow Rich- Napoleon Hill
 5) How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success In Selling- Frank Bettger
 6) Awaken the Giant Within - Anthony Robbins
 7) The One Minute Manager- Ken Blanchard
 8) The Richest Man in Babylon-George Clason
 9) Entreleadership-Dave Ramsey
10) Rework- Jason Fried
11) Superself- Charles J. Givens
12) The Greatest Salesman in the World- Og Mandino
13) How to Be A Rainmaker--Jeffrey J. Fox
14) The Sales Bible- Jeffrey Gitomer
15) The Success Principles- Jack Canfield
16) As a Man Thinketh- James Allen
17) Habits of Wealth- Bill Byrne
18) Self Reliance- Ralph Waldo Emerson
19) Eat to Live- Loel Fuhrman
20) Lives Greatest Lessons- Hal Urban
21) Platform-Michael Hyatt
22) Swim with the Sharks without being Eaten Alive- Harvey Mackay
 
       Bonus Audio) The Strangest Secret- Earl Nightingale