Sunday, August 26, 2012

I have learned

By Andy Rooney

[Found this written down in an old book for mine. Guess I picked the lines I liked best]

I have learned -

That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

That to ignore the facts, does not change the facts.

That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting the other person continue to hurt you.

That love, not time, heals all wounds.

That the easiest way for me to grow as a person, is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.

That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you missed.

That it is best to give advice only in two circumstances, when it is requested and when it is a life threatening situation.

That I can't choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.

That when you harbour bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

That the less time I have, to work with, the more things I get done.

That just one person saying to me, "You've made my day!" makes my day.

That being kind is more important than being right.

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Manage Time

So important to learn to Delegate and Dump correctly to maximize the time you have.



Image source - http://www.vitae.ac.uk

The idea of measuring and combining these two competing elements in a matrix has been attributed to both former US President Eisenhower and Dr Stephen Covey.
Eisenhower's quote, "What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important," sums up the concept of the matrix perfectly. This so-called "Eisenhower Principle" is said to be how Eisenhower organized his tasks. As a result, the matrix is sometimes called the Eisenhower Matrix.
Covey brought the idea into the mainstream and gave it the name "The Urgent/Important Matrix" in his 1994 business classic, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People".