you believe you manage your time well, you will be a good
time manager.
You can take all of the courses on time management,
read all the books, and practice the various systems, but if
you perceive yourself as being a poor time manager, nothing
will help. If you have developed the habit of being late for
meetings and appointments, or you believe that you are a
disorganized person, those habits become your automatic
behavior. If you do not change your beliefs about your per-
sonal levels of effectiveness and efficiency, your ability to
manage your time will not change, either.
Make a Decision
How do you develop new, positive beliefs about yourself
and your level of personal productivity? Fortunately, it is
not difficult. You simply use the four Ds: desire, decisive-
ness, determination, and discipline. Most important, make
a decision to develop a specific time management habit,
like being early for every meeting for the foreseeable future.
Every change in your life comes about when you make a
clear, unequivocal decision to do something differently.
Making the decision to become an excellent time manager
is the first major step.
Program Your Mind
Once you have made the decision to become a highly pro-
ductive person, there are a series of personal programming
techniques that you can practice.
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