By Ahsan

“Took this dream and made it mine”⎯from the song: Untouchable, by DMX

“The losing stops now”⎯from the movie: Coach Carter starring Samuel Jackson

As I write this article, it is a Saturday. In two days, Monday arrives, and it's off to the races again.

When I think about how my work week went last week, I think to myself I could have been a bit more productive.

Does that ever happen to you?

I left my office on Friday, having prepared for upcoming meetings this week and writing out a new To-Do list. I think I did an excellent job, but I just came across a better idea that I intend to implement on Monday.

Here it is:

If I want to make noticeable and rapid improvements, I need to start a weekly improvement program.

Simple. End of story.

Here is how I will do it.

On Monday, before I begin checking my email and bouncing to the first thing on my To-Do list, I will ask myself how my previous week went and what I can do better this week. I will write that down in a notebook and make it a weekly habit to be done every Monday Morning.

There are two benefits to doing this:

1.Because it is weekly, I will not wake up three months later, feeling like I am not getting ahead or spinning my wheels. I think you might know what I mean.

We all implement a great idea and then let it go to the wayside because we get busy with "stuff." Weekly check-ins will keep good intentions⎯honest and tracked.

2.This exercise of asking what I can do better this week will spark my "creative thought machine." I intend to write whatever pops into my head and refine the list later. In fact, I am sure some new innovative ideas will come to mind because I am asking myself a question that demands a new way of thinking.

Everything can be done better. We are witness to this phenomenon; otherwise, we would all still be sitting around fires at night and hunting for food with wooden spears during the day.

Who knows how much more money I will make and increased sense of relaxation and accomplishment I will gain from doing this!

My goal is to do this for the rest of 2020 and see how it works out.

How about you? What did you do last week? What can you do better this week?

Action Steps:

Get a Notebook; a nice one that shows respect to your new effort.
Carve out time on Monday Morning: 15 minutes well spent can create time as you become more focused on doing things that matter.
Ask and think in terms of: better, improvements, big wins, win-win and increased service/value (this automatically brings in the money) and lower stress and anxiety (this will pay dividends in health)
Commit to this new technique of activating “Betterfication” for at least 12 weeks to see if it makes any difference in your life.
If it does, drop us a line, we want to hear what happened and how it changed things for you.
To focus yourself: Ask, what am I currently doing to improve results at work and play?

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