Time Power - Twelve Proven Principles for Peak Perfomance - Brian Taylor

Principle 1. Time management enables you to increase the value of your contribution. - Good self esteem comes from the knowledge that you are putting more into your life and work than you are taking out, that you are contributing more to your work than you are taking out.

Principle 2. Your rewards, both tangible and intangible, will always be equal to the value of your services to other people. - The more you put in, the more you get out. Through the Law of Sowing and Reaping, time management allows you to sow more and better, and therefore to reap more and better in every area of your life.

Principle 3. Good time management requires you see yourself as a factory. - Inputs, activities, outputs. Top performers focus on outputs, average performers focus on inputs, medium or low performers focus on activities.

Principle 4. Everything you accomplish, or fail to accomplish, depends on your ability to use your time to its best advantage.

Principle 5. Time is the scarcest resource of accomplishmnet.

Principle 6. The practice of time management skills allows you to develop judgment, foresight, self-reliance, and self-discipline.

Principle 7. A focus on time management forces you to be intensely results-oriented.

Principle 8. Time management enables you to work smarter, not just harder.

Principle 9. Good time management is a source of energy, enthusiasm, and a positive mental attitude. - As you see yourself accomplishing large quantities or work, you actually experience a continuous inflow of additional energy that enables you to accomplish even more.

Principle 10. You grow as a person in direct proportion to the demands that you place on yourself. - The self-discipline of time management builds character, confidence, and an unshakable belief in yourself and your abilities.

Principle 11.  Lasting motivation only comes from a feeling of achievement and accomplishment. - The more you get done, the better you feel about yourself, and the more eager you become to do even more.

Principle 12.  Now, this minute, is all the time you have. - If you manage yourself minute by minute, the hours and days will take care of themselves.  The more tightly you manage your time, the more you are guaranteed that it will translate into a great life that's hallmarked by purpose, power, control, and worthwhile accomplishment.