Personal effectiveness at work

• Personal effectiveness means making the most at all personal resources at our disposal - our personal talents, energy and time relative to what's most important to us.
• It is like money management or investment - we want to get the best return on our resources.
• As with managing money, we can either drift through life making ad hoc decisions or we can set time aside periodically to review our investments.
• It's not about sacrificing spontaneity or opportunism to be super organized if this is not your style.
• It's more a matter of taking whatever steps fit your style to give you the feeling that you are making best use of your talents, energy and time.
• Being successful is in the eyes of the beholder - for some it means having a satisfying personal life, for others it is some form of career success that drives them. The only right answer is the one that makes you happy.

Self management for personal success

All pages written by Mitch McCrimmon, Ph.D. and copyright © Self Renewal Group 1996-2008