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Zusatztext “This warm! insightful book shows you how to save yourself months and years of your precious time by not doing things you don’t enjoy! with people you don’t care about.” —Laura Stack! The Productivity Pro®! author of What to Do When There’s Too Much to Do “As a busy mother and entrepreneur! I adore the strategies and techniques Christina and Brian share to help me create a life that I love. Wish I had this book earlier in my career! but it’s never too late to create inner harmony and outer success in every part of your life.” —Kristin Arnold! President! The Extraordinary Team! and Past President! National Speakers Association “In this inspiring book! you learn how to determine what is really important to you and then organize your life around your inner values! beliefs! and goals.” —Dianna Booher! author of What More Can I Say? and Creating Personal Presence Informationen zum Autor Brian Tracy and Christina Stein Klappentext Accomplish what matters most Because we all have too much to do, it feels like our lives are out of balance. But Brian Tracy and Christina Stein argue that imbalance results not so much from doing too much but from doing too much of the wrong things. They provide a process that enables you to sort out what is most important to you from among the many activities you could focus on. When you can efficiently identify and accomplish what really matters to you, you've found your balance point.CHAPTER ONE Determine Your Values and Start from the Right Place In the pages ahead, you will learn how to discover who you really are; what values drive your beliefs, attitudes, and actions; and exactly what you need to do to create a plan that ensures a life of passion, purpose, and self-direction. Clarity Is Essential The starting point of designing a wonderful life is for you to develop absolute clarity about who you are and what matters to you. This means that you must be clear about your values. It seems that successful, happy people know what their values are and what they stand for, and they refuse to compromise them. Most of the great men and women of history have been admired because of their character, because of their adherence to a set of values that enabled them to overcome incredible adversity and go on to accomplish extraordinary things. And this can be true for you as well. Everything happens for a reason. Success and happiness are not accidents. Failure and underachievement are not accidents either. There are definite reasons for everything that happens, and most of these reasons are contained within yourself. Fortunately, you can control the things that you think, say, and do, and by controlling them, you can design the kind of life that you want and create the kind of future that is possible for you. When you become clear about your values and what is truly important to you, it becomes easier to make a plan for your future. People who know what they want and are clear about what they are working toward feel engaged and inspired by their lives. Developing clarity about your values is the essential first step to creating a happy life. When you become clear about these values, you will start operating from your own personal balance point. What Are Values? Your values lie at the core of your character and your personality. Values are the foundation of your self-concept. They are like the axle around which your entire life turns. They are the primary drivers and motivators that push you forward. They determine who you are and who you are not, what matters to you and what does not. You’ve heard the saying “life is a journey.” Let’s use that idea to help illustrate the role that values play in your life. On your life journey you will travel to many destinations. Just as you wouldn’t just jump in your car ...
