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Personal effectiveness refers to one's ability to meet set objectives within a specified period of time. Some of the reasons many people struggle with the achievement of their professionals or personal goals is their inability to handle distractions,self limiting habits,professional incompetence and bad managemt of time. Increasing one's personal effectiveness requires the effective and efficient use of time towards the achievement of set goals. Everybody has equal allocation if 24 hours but not everyone fulfills their goals with it. Personal effectiveness is critical as it is the bedrock of professional and personal success.
Here are 9 ways you can increase your personal effectiveness :
A clear compelling goal
A well defined goal triggers behavioral changes while giving you a guided focus. Goals help you converge your energy and resources to the pursuit of a single agenda . A clear goal gives you direction and acts as an energizer keeping you motivated. With a clear goal you are able ro measure progress and identify where you need to make the appropriate adjustments.
Commitment to continuous self development
The world is evolving and so is work. Skill and competences get obsolete faster than ever. You must constantly re-skill and upskill to beat change and remain competitive and ultimately reach your goal. You can't be effective if all you know and are capable of are in the past. In a rapidly changing world, you are either improving or regressing; there is no in-between. Commitment to continuous personal development is all you need to stay abreast and ahead.
Have a daily To-Do-List
Where there is no purposeful agenda, abuse of time is inevitable.. A daily To - Do- List would provide you a guide for a wholesome prioritized action. It is more or less a systemic roadmap to your goals. Itemizing your action plan and making a commitment to follow through is the recipe for an increased personal effectiveness.
Arrange your To-Do-List according to order of importance
Not all activities carry the same weight of value. How much impact the end result of an activity has in relation to the achievement of set goals is what determines its value in the scheme of things. Armed with this knowledge, organize your to do list with the most impactful set of activities occupying the topmost positions on the list. Place important and urgent activities ahead of others. Next up should be the important but less urgent ones until you get to the unimportant ones that you should delegate.
Put first things first
By acting on and finishing the most important activities first on your To-Do -List you would have prevented yourself from letting the things that matter the least to be at the mercy of the things that matter the most. Focus and finish the most important and urgent activities ahead of others. Followed by the important but less important and urgent ones.
Delegate insignificant or irrelevant duties.
We all have strengths and weaknesses. The best way to handle your weaknesses on the job is not to train yourself to become strong in them but to train yourself to become smarter in delegating duties that fall within your areas of weakness. You should focus in the jobs only you can do best
Review your habits and make appropriate adjustments
Goals and competences alone may not always guarantee one sustainable success . It requires a certain size of habits to facilitate the achievement of a measurable and sustainable Success. Habit is to success what oil is to a locomotive engine. Not all habits lead to success,some undermine it. The habits that enable success often don't come naturally. Identify the kind of habits that support the achievement of your set goals and work hard to cultivate them.
Become more self disciplined
Self discipline is about the ability to follow through without supervision. It's doing what you ought to do when you should do it and how you should do it.
