“No.”
It is such a strong, negative word. As someone who considers myself an optimist, I feel terrible just saying it. The thing about it is, I say it all the time, whether I realize it or not.
Do I want to work late to get ahead at my job? If I say “yes” to that, then I’m saying “no” to the time I would have with my family at night. Do I want to stretch my budget and buy that fancy car? If I say “yes” to that, then I’m saying “no” to the downpayment I need for my next house.
Have you ever wondered how some people can achieve a lot more than others, to a point where they can be called super achievers?
I know a few people that fit this description. From what I’ve seen, they have in common one particular approach for working effectively. They are very good in applying the min-max rule.
The thing about it is that we all use this rule at some level, but most of us do not apply it nearly as much as we should. Here are some guidelines on how we can apply the min-max rule to achieve more with less.
It’s a classic question: should you work on improving your strengths, or should you work on addressing your weaknesses? It’s a question with good arguments on both sides, but the best answer is that you should focus on your strengths.
Now that you have the answer, you can now go out and be the best you that you can be. If you need some more convincing on why you should focus on improving your strengths instead of addressing your weaknesses, then allow me to explain.
Sometimes we sabotage our own efforts without realizing it. A bad plan can doom a project even before the first step is made. Proper prior planning prevents pitifully poor performance.
There are many guidelines for a successful plan. One of them is so important that there are different ways to describe it: Less Is More. Parsimony. Occam’s Razor. Keep It Simple Stupid.
The rule is a familiar one, yet it’s a common reasons why a plan fail. What can we do to avoid this mistake?
According to the philosopher Walter Benjamin, “To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.”
I’ve been tagged by my blogger friend Robyn McMaster at Brain Based Biz for a fun exercise where you’re supposed to describe your own personality. The first thing that came to mind was the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to describe myself. But alas, I over-thought the challenge and it was just to compare myself to profiles based on birth month (see below). Just how close was it?
. Indeed, a success...
