How to Leverage Personal Strategy

By Dr Jim Porter

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - This e-book consists of six “Entrepreneurs Brief Guides” for personal success. It addresses all you need to know about writing mission statements and managing yourself. It contains independent and practical advice for individuals and entrepreneurs. This guide is invaluable to individuals and entrepreneurs who are seeking personal growth and success.

Learn how to: (a) Make Use of Career Excellence Tools, (b) Theories and Rules for Goal Settings, (c) Write your Personal Mission Statement, (d) Make the Most of Your Commitments, (e) Manage Yourself and (f) Network Effectively.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dr Jim Porter
• Release date: Mar 7, 2012
• ISBN: 9781465713339

Dr Jim Porter

Dr Jim Porter is a chartered engineer, qualified to a PhD level from London University, with more the 25 years business experience. He has worked for several multinational companies in Europe and the USA. His experience stretches from new products development, project management, new business building, profit and loss responsibility, to the creation of several successful joint ventures and acquisitions.Currently, he is a senior executive, responsible for strategy development and growth initiatives, including partnerships and new businesses building. Dr Porter is particularly interested in business incubation, helping entrepreneurs and start up business owners to achieve their personal and business objectives.Dr Porter is the author of several publications, including a book titled “How to bake your business idea and eat it”, and the creator of “Entrepreneurs Brief Guides” series.Dr Porter is a Fellow Member of several professional organizations and institutions in Europe and the USA. He can be contacted on his email [e-mail] .

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How to Leverage Personal Strategy

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide – Volume 3.2

Dr Jim Porter

This e-book consists of six Entrepreneurs Brief Guides for personal success. It addresses all you need to know about writing mission statements and managing yourself. It contains independent and practical advice for individuals and entrepreneurs. This guide is invaluable to individuals and entrepreneurs who are seeking personal growth and success.

Learn how to:

Make Use of Career Excellence Tools

Theories and Rules for Goal Settings

Write your Personal Mission Statement

Make the Most of Your Commitments

Manage Yourself

Network Effectively

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How to Leverage Personal Strategy

Dr Jim Porter

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CHAPTER NO.1: How to make use of career excellence tools

To move forward in your career you should learn how to prioritize your tasks using various tools, manage the interruptions and find out the worth of your time.

LEARN HOW TO:

Figure out the worth of your time.

Manage interruptions.

Strike concise conversations.

Prioritize.

We can always make use of some easy tools to enhance our career. These easy to learn and simple to use techniques can lead to increased efficiency in your work. You can learn how to manage your time and produce quality work without any pressure.

This chapter will provide information on:

Figuring out the worth of your time.

Managing interruptions.

Striking concise conversations.

Various tools for prioritization.

Costing your time

You should always have an idea of how much your time is worth. Start by working out how much your time costs, as this will help you decide whether you are spending your time profitably. If you’re working for an organization, you should calculate how much your time costs each year.

Calculating how much your time costs can help you to decide whether it is worth doing a job. If you notice that much of your time is spent doing low yield jobs, then perhaps consider employing an assistant.

Managing interruptions

You should learn to maintain focus and keep good control over your time.

Interruptions are a natural part of life but you should know how to manage them, as they can be a barrier in effectively managing your time.

Telephone calls, e-mails, conversations, chit chat with colleagues or urgent tasks dropped at your desk to be dealt with immediately all distract you from the task that you are supposed to be doing.

Your work time has limited hours and even the slightest interruption can rob you of the time required for you to achieve your goals and to work towards success.

Distractions also break your focus and you may end up spending more time trying to successfully complete your work.

You can control the disruptions to some extent by first identifying what they are and whether they are necessary. Next, you can plan for them in your daily schedule, so that you allot time to deal with all