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TIPS ON PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Perhaps you have been wondering you don't seem to be getting enough attention as you wish, you write certain proposals to firms and nothing positive comes out at the end, and you are not as effective as you think you should. The reason for this is your ineffectiveness as a person.
Here are some useful tips on personal effectiveness.
1. Self mastery
Be emotionally intelligent, have the ability to manage emotions of other, understand your personal style, know your strengths and weaknesses and always maintain a high energy level. Eminent and prominent personalities like Henry Kissinger are successful because they understood the principle of self mastery.
2. Mastery of others
Manage your boss/manager, work effectively in harmony with your colleagues, empower people via delegation, listen and communicate effectively. Successful entrepreneurs like Richard Branson are masters in the art of delegation.
3. Time mastery
Time is life. It is irreversible and irreplaceable. To waste it is to waste life and to master it is to master life. Yesterday is gone and it is never coming back. In the mastery of time, at the end of each day you ask yourself such as; where and how did you spend your time?, what have you accomplished or learnt in the day? In effectively managing your time you reduce the hours you spent on calls, time with friends, avoid procrastination, conflicting priorities.
4. Dress/ Appearance
Always dress the part, somebody once told me. President JFK Kennedy understood this principle and it impacted well on his presidency. Be professional and wear the right dress for the proper occasion.
These are some of the few tips on personal effectiveness. However, other tips include taking care of your first impression as you may never get the second chance to do the same. Etiquette also goes a long way in personal effectiveness, etc.
