Table of Contents
The 168 Hour Week: Living Life
Your Way 24/7 (2010)
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Mark Joyner
Introduction
Can You Really Live Your Life, Your Way?
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01: Choosing a REAL Lifestyle
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What Goes Wrong With Traditional Time Management Strategy?
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The Well Concealed Facts of Real Life
Paycheck-to-Paycheck Problem One
Paycheck-to-Paycheck Problem Two
The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Problem Three
Paycheck to Paycheck Problem Number Four
The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Life Solution
The Secret of Motivating Your Self
The Hamster and the Wheel
The Epiphany
Ownership of Ideas
02: Finding Your Self in Time: Whose Life Are you Living Anyway?
Question: Are you allowing your ideal self to suffer?
The First Future: No change
The Ideal Future: Your Design
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03: Your Life ... Your Time
Time = Money = Sex
Key Points
04: To Live Life YOUR WAY, You End Procrastination
New Research Reveals a Key Procrastination Factor
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The Simple Formula for Predicting Procrastination
Factor 1: (E)xpectation of Success
Factor 2: The (V)alue of Completing the Task
Factor 3: The Task (D)eadline or, Just How Soon Does This Have to Be Done?
Factor 4: The (I)ndividual's Sensitivity to the Desirability of the Task
05: Procrastination's Voice
Getting to Know the "Personality" of Your Conscious Mind
Mr. Zen
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Mr. Critic
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MORE IMPORTANT
Mr. Chaos
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For every project on which you procrastinate, you reinforce:
What do you see as the 'root' of your most common manifestations of procrastination?
Calming the Noise in the Bandwidth
Mr. Zen
Mr. Critic
Mr. Chaos
Making your Personal Plan to Prevent Procrastination
Task I'm Putting Off:
Create an action plan
Procrastination: Practicing for Death?
The Procrastination Questionnaire
06: How Your Current Goals System Completely Failed You
Competing Commitments and The Power of Weakness
The Power of The Core Instinctual Drives
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Goals are Not "Comfort"-able
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People Don't Change and Everybody Lies
Is it Possible for People to Change?
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The Single Most Important Factor in Change and Achievement?
The Stages of Societies
People's Lives Mimic the Stages of Societies
A Mentor Can Help You Achieve Goals
So, what DO you do if you can't afford a First Class coach?
Become Significant and live ... a life with MEANING ...
Warning:
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Ugh. Much easier to just stick with what you have
5 Stupid Things People Do That Lead to Failure
The Key to Goal Setting That Works
The Science of Split Screen Thinking
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Why Don't People Change and/or "Do What's Right"?
Where Will Your Brain Naturally Guide You?
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07: The Ultimate Key to Success in Your Lifetime
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$100,000 KEYPOINT ACTION
MOMENTUM
Meaning comes when something is not comfortable.
Remember the real secret: See, Believe, Begin, Continue, Finish
Time Planning for Meaning is Life Planning for Meaning
Life Management for Meaning
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You already know it, but for simplicity sake, here is your current life script:
08: Bridging the Forced Life to Your Desired Life by ReShaping Your Mindset
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Evaluate Your Past Success
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Do What You Love?
Plotting Your Course and Planning Your Strategy
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STEP ONE: Evaluating Your Self
STEP TWO: Identifying Specific KEY Action Steps - and Taking Them!
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STEP THREE: Planning for the Unexpected
The Power of Beliefs
The Foundations for Your Basic Beliefs about Your Self Quiz:
Changing Existing Beliefs
Stopping Self-Sabotaging Behaviors
Procrastination
Habits
09: The Only Goal Setting System That Works
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3 Key Goal Setting Principles
How Failure Creeps Up ...
Goal Setting for Living the Life You Want: Preparation Logging
The Goal-Setting Distinction Between Failure and Success
FACTORING IN ALL THE MODELS FOR FAILURE is DESTINED FOR FAILURE.
One Factor That Helps ...
One Factor That Hurts ....
What Works in Goal Setting?
10: Getting What YOU Really Want
Simple Ways to Motivate You
The Component of Confidence That Causes Success
Strategies to Lift Confidence
Accountability is the Key
FACT: Accountability is on the other side of the spectrum from entitlement.
The "Third Person" Perspective
Re-Framing Influences
11: Time for A Change: Shifting from Overwhelm to Productive
The Great Equalizer
Why Are You Overwhelmed?
So What is the Answer?
Lesson One in Self Management:
How does culture dictate Time Management?
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The Earthquake Generator
Lack of Focus or Proper Planning
Blurry Boundaries
Lack of Discipline
Failure
.. . Maybe you said ....
The Productive Person
Solutions to Most Time Problems are Found in Short Term Goals:
The Fears and Failures Surrounding Procrastination and Precluding Productivity
Overload and Inability to Prioritize Preclude Productivity
Poor Time Management Precludes Productivity
Boredom Precludes Productivity
Poor Self-Esteem Precludes Productivity
Perfectionism Precludes Productivity
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Enhance Productivity
Quick Project
12: Time Plan: The System
The Tradeoff
Focus and Intensity
Kevin Hogan's Time Plan into Action
For you ... WHICH WORLD WILL YOU LIVE IN?
W.D.K.D.? What DOES Kevin Do?
Here's the completion rule:
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The Time Plan System
The Time Plan System Part One: Finding Your Self ... in Time
The Time Plan Worksheets
Overview:
Step One: THE COMFORT ZONE
Step Two: DECISION
The Payoff
Step Three: DRAGONS
Step Four: THE DRAIN
Step Five: THE DECADE
Step Six: THE SECOND OPINION PAGE
Step Seven: THE FEAR LIST
Step Eight: THE WORRY PAGE
Step Nine: THE HOW DO YOU FEEL CHART
Step Ten: THE CHANGE LIST
Step Eleven: THE REWARDS PAGE
The Time Plan System Part Two: Shaping and Reshaping
Step One: From Then to Now - How You Came to Be the You of Today
Step Two: Getting to Know Yourself
Step Three: Your Life
Step Four: Your Biography - Overcoming Fears and Challenges
Step Five: What Life Do I Really Want?
Step Six: Forgiveness
Step Seven: Getting in Touch With Your Dreams
Step Eight: Defining Meaningful Work
Step Nine: Discovering Your Natural Talents and Passions
Step Ten: Prompts for Talents and Passions
Step Eleven: Life Repair
Step Twelve: Qualities I Admire About Myself, and Things I Would Change
Step Thirteen: Sacrifices and Gains
Step Fourteen: Conquering the Fear of Success
Step Fifteen: Goal-Setting
Step Sixteen: Choosing Strategy to Achieve
Step Seventeen: Staying On Target
Step Eighteen: Creative Ways to Deal with Obstacles
Step Nineteen: Biography: Your Life Chapter Q!
Step Twenty: 12-Month Outcomes & Obstacles
The Time Plan System Part Three: Taking the Task In Hand
My Get to Do List
The Daily Significant Project List
Prioritizing Projects
Step One: Daily Significant Project List
3-10 Day Significant Project List
Step Two: 3-10 Day Significant Project List
30 - 365 Significant Project List
Step Three: 30-365 Significant Project List
Step Four: Significant Project List for the Future
Profitable Project Chart
Step Five: Upcoming Productive and Profitable Projects
The Time Plan System Part Four: Optimization and Motivation
Daily Planner or Weekly Planner
Weekly vs. Daily
Optimal Time Planning
How Not to Get Caught in the Busy Work Trap
Time Management for Real (Stressed) People
How do you figure out what these priorities are today?
7-Step Plan for a Realistic Schedule
Family Time
Personal Time
Unexpected Delays ... Happen All the Time
Making Moment to Moment Decisions
Setting Boundaries
Sometimes IT Really Is NOT Your Problem
Boundaries Require You to Decline
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It's All About Honoring and Taking care of Your Self
Systemization
Conclusion
Bibliography
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