This week’s Pearl of Leadership Wisdom is on…….

High Payoff Activities

“Better three hours too soon than one minute to late.” – William Shakespeare

The secret to success is goal setting followed by ACTION. But what actions to take? The critical actions we need to take are called High Payoff Activities because they propel us towards our goals.

So everyone spends all their time on all their High Payoff Activities?

What’s the problem?

Well, there’s two problems:

Firstly, we see that people spend too little time on their High Payoff Activities. Usually, only 20% of their time as a maximum. This is like an engine that only works for two hours per day.

Secondly, we see that people do only some of their High Payoff Activities – they avoid those they do not like. This is like an engine firing on only two out of four cylinders.

So we see engines running for two hours per day on two cylinders instead of running all day on all cylinders.

The difference over even a short period of time is profound.

The first problem is about personal productivity and the second is about what holds us back.

I am running out of words for this week but if this strikes a chord with you tune in next week and we’ll begin to discuss Personal Productivity………

Next week…..Personal Productivity

Personal Productivity is about filling your bucket with rocks first, and fitting the sand in afterwards. Because you cannot do it the other way around.