Take Action Now
Right Now Power is simply this.  Whenever you want to change something in your life or achieve a goal, you have to do specific actions. Every day. Right now. When we procrastinate, we find ourselves facing the same business issues, making the same New Year's resolutions every year,  feeling the same frustrations that we don't have the life we want.

Often we have goals that take years to fully realize. Yet every day there is an action that is moving us toward that goal. An Olympic athlete did not achieve that level of performance in their first year of learning their sport. They choose specific skills to work on each year, each month, each week, each day. 

Right Now TIme Management
Right Now Power is key to effective time management. We spin our wheels with interruptions and long to-do lists. What we need to do is ask ourselves the question, "What do I need to do RIGHT NOW that is the most effective use of my time in achieving my goals or my company's goals?"

Your Right Now list at work will consist of just a few vital things to focus on. They might include:

The Right Now Big Picture List

• Leading and motivating staff
• Sales development
• Customer service
• New product development.

These are big areas. You need to break it down into smaller actions that are more specific to the outcome:

Breaking it Down

• Personal contact with every person who reports to me at least once a day
• Meet with each of my supervisors for at least 30 minutes once a week
• Attend 90% of client functions throughout year
• Take 5 biggest clients to lunch at least once per quarter

Then you'll have a right now list for every day that might include actions like this:

The Right Now List

• Have staff brainstorm meeting on goal X
• Meet with supervisor-review project  Y
• Submit proposal on project Z
• Attend evening client function and ask for meeting with 3 new prospects
• Confirm lunch date with Big client A

Write it Down!
You should always have your goals in writing.  Goals must be written with specific measurable results with a specific time line ie:  "Sell $50,000 of new business by February 28, 2009."

In addition to your specific goals, write down your Right Now Big Picture list too. This will keep you on track, focusing on the areas that will lead you to achieving that goal. Your daily to-do list should grow from that.


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