Showing posts with label 80/20. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 80/20. Show all posts

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Quote of the Day:

"Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. " -Stephen Covey

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Thought...

Successful people often do things that are common sense, but not commonly practiced. 

For example, all basketball players know they should get extra shots up, or they should work-out with a purpose.

Coaches know that they should read more coaching books or watch more instructional DVD's, or they should continue to advance their knowledge in their field everyday.

However, it's a difficult thing

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Why "to-do" lists will fail you.

How do you organize your day's schedule?

One motto that I live by is "schedule your priorities; don't prioritize your schedule".

A "to-do" list often sets you up for failure. When you make a to-do list, it is generally a list of odds and ends clumped together in an organizational fashion to give you an outline of what needs to be done. There are three problems with this type of system:

1) Your

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Imagination, Growth and George Carlin

"If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play" (John Cleese).

George Carlin, a controversial and often times vulgar comedian, had a basic idea in one of his stand-up routines- parents allow too much electronic entertainment and over-schedule activities for their children. Carlin makes a strong point that "each kid should be made to sit in a room, by themselves, and look out the

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Schedule Your Priorities: The 80/20 Rule

In April 2011, I led a presentation at the WBCA National Convention/Final Four in Indianapolis, IN for the Director of Basketball Operation's Roundtable.

The focus of my presentation was the 80/20 Rule (also known as the Pareto Principle)...essentially, how to effectively maximize results through efficient work habits. Here is a link where you can download the PowerPoint in a PDF format and here