Focus - Focusing like a laser beam on each task until it is complete will not only help you get more done, but it will also motivate you with a sense of accomplishment to move down list to next priority.

Think Before You Act - Again, activity does not necessarily mean you're accomplishing anything. Often, one of greatest means of productivity is to sit and think about a project before rushing into it.

Delegate! - Learning effective management means understanding that you cannot possibly do everything. Learn to delegate those non-essential tasks to others. If you run a small business and have no employees, ask family members to help out with responsibilities. As a sales professional and career coach, I rely heavily on my wife, Rachel, who is able to do much of administrative work and web development.

The term time management is really deceiving. Time, of course, cannot be managed, but our priorities within time we have each day can be. For more information on effective priority management, I recommend First Things First by Stephen Covey and Rebecca R Merrill.

Ask yourself: What stops me achieving my dreams?

Is it television? When given option of practicing skills necessary to succeed or watching TV what do you choose?

Is it ‘have to’ jobs? I ‘have to’ wash car. I ‘have to’ read emails. I ‘have to’ play computer game. I ‘have to’ prepare dinner. I ‘have to’ do washing up. I ‘have to’ do gardening. I ‘have to’ take dog for a walk.

What excuse do you give yourself to stop practicing? What is excuse you use to ensure that when you do practice your body and brain are tired and you cannot give 100%?

What is it?

Practice guarantees success.

It is a known fact that difference between successful and also rans is dedication to practice.

We recently read that David Renwick British caddie for world number one golfer, Vijay Singh, is thinking of resigning because of hours Vijay spends practicing. Even though he is number one in world Vijay is said to be first on driving range and last to leave. One person estimates that he hits an average of 500 balls a day on range.

Vijay took world number one slot from Tiger Woods, last September, when he was 41 years of age.

He became world number one through practice.

What about you? What is going to happen to you?

Good Luck.

Graham and Julie. www.desktop-meditation.com