Feeling more effective

Ever get those moments when you just feel not to be getting very far, or somehow success or a sense of fulfilment is evading you?

That happened to me recently - around the time I was making curtains (whoever said making curtains is easy?) and one thing after another seemed to be going wrong.

How fabulous it would be to feel fully effective all (well, perhaps realistically, most) of the time!

Fortunately, Stephen Covey, management guru and author of the highly acclaimed Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, has written about just that. He concluded that if we adopt seven distinct habits we can become much more effective in life. The habits are - be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think "win/win", seek first to understand and then to be understood, synergise, and sharpen the saw.

His recommendations speak a lot of sense, even years after his book was first published and enable us to live a life that's much more purposeful, and fulfilled, yet still full of integrity.

Some people find the book a less than easy read, so I've condensed the key elements, and published them in my newsletter. The newsletter aims to provide you with generally fortnightly emails containing tips & information on how to make positive changes in your life. If you want to find out more about Covey's recommendations, discover how to balance your life better, manage your time more efficiently, or a host of other self-improvement strategies, sign up at my website - it's free.

And do let me know what you think - it would be great to hear from you!