How to Coach Yourself and Others Essential Knowledge For Coaching | Page 349

47. Don’t photocopy anything unless it is essential.
48. Send replies on the same piece of paper.
49. Keep your communications sweet and short.
4. Project Management
50. Manage your projects with time, cost and quality estimates.
51. Run projects with detailed time plans.
52. Add on 20% to your initial project plan times.
53. Have detailed lists of your project tasks.
54. Create a series of deadlines for your project tasks.
55. Look for weak links in your project and have back-up plans.
56. Streamline low-priority project tasks.
57. Keep on top of what’s going on in your project.
58. Regularly ask “what is the best use of my time right now?”.
59. Track and monitor your project progress.
5. Progress Work
60. Spend up to a quarter of your day on progress work.
61. Be effective (ie achieve results)…
62. …and then efficient (ie do things in an ordered way in the
minimum time).
63. Always be working on something that is new and adds value.
64. Have a purpose to your life with a mission and goals.
65. Have a clear vision of your goals.
66. Align your goals with your values.
67. Be certain of achieving all your goals.
68. Write down your goals and your plans.
69. Identify your key result areas.
70. Set SMART goals for short-term tasks.
71. Identify jobs you dislike and delegate them to others.
72. Break down big jobs into smaller chunks.
73. Prioritise your tasks according to their importance.
74. When you’re overwhelmed, write out to-do lists and
prioritise each task.
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