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Decide By Steve McClatchy
Mind map: Decide by Steve McClatchy
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Decide By Steve McClatchy
Chapter 1: Two Forms of Human Motivation
- Gain
- Gives you focus & direction
- Never Urgent
- You don't have to complete it
- Cannot be delegated
- Leaders make things better
- Prevent Pain
- Never go away, only repeat
- Instinctive: Prompts us to what we have to do
- Managers maintain status quo
- Gain
Chapter 2: Avoid Burnout & Create Balance
- Balance
- There is no quantitative measure
- Feels like satisfaction with where you are and where you're going in life
- Unique to each individual
- Best achieved by continually seeking improvement
- Burnout
- Happens when only Prevent Pain is pursued
- Feels like a rut: the absence of life getting better
- Goals are the ticket out
- Balance
Chapter 3: Prioritizing Tasks In Relation to Results
- Old Way of Prioritizing
- Based on Urgency / Deadlines
- Please no one
- Low level task never changes giving illusion of productivity over time
- Never achieve gain tasks
- Based on Urgency / Deadlines
- New Way of Prioritizing
- Based on Results / Outcomes
- A = Gain Tasks
- Results: Goals, Leadership, Improvement
- B = Recorded Prevent Pain Tasks
- Results: Important maintenance responsibilities
- C = Prevent Pain Tasks
- Results = Maintenance
- A = Gain Tasks
- Based on Results / Outcomes
- Old Way of Prioritizing
Chapter 4: Energy & Motivation
- Motivation of Desire
- Consumption
- Creation
- Motivation of Fear
- Endorphins
- Dopamines
- Procrastination
- Benefits
- Energy
- Focus
- Speed
- Less Effort
- Problems
- Stress
- Lower Quality
- Less Control & Convenience
- Benefits
- Motivation of Desire
Chapter 5: Understanding the Value of Time
- Where Our Time Goes
- Habits
- Should work for you not against you
- Be aware of amount of time
- To-Do List
- Maintenance tasks to not forget
- Calendar
- Schedule Gain Appointments
- Time specific events should be defended or rescheduled
- Habits
- Where Our Time Goes
Chapter 6: Monthly, Weekly, Daily Planning