Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

Decide to Become Rich
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been paid for what you did last year, last month, and even last week.
Now you must earn and justify your paycheck anew. There is a race
on and you are in it, whether you know it or not.
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TWO SOURCES OF VALUE
There are two major sources of value in the world of work today.
The first is 
time
and the second is 
knowledge
. Today, time is the
currency of modern business. Everyone must be focused on re-
ducing the amount of time that it takes to get the same results.
Customers will pay dearly for anyone who can reduce the time
needed to get them the products and services they want. People
will pay more for someone who can satisfy their needs faster than
someone else. This is why most of the major improvements in
modern management are those that reduce the amount of time
that it takes to get the job done.
The most important measure of time is 
speed
. The most impor-
tant quality that you can develop with regard to time is a “sense of
urgency.” This is the habit of moving fast when opportunity pre-
sents itself to you. Develop a bias for action. Fast tempo is essential
to success. All successful people not only work hard, hard, hard, but
they work fast, fast, fast!
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DO IT NOW!
Procrastination is not only the thief of time; it is the thief of life. To
outperform your competition, both inside and outside your organi-
zation, you must develop the habit of moving 
quickly
when some-
thing needs to be done. You must develop a reputation for speed
and dependability. Study after study shows that those individuals
with the best reputations for speed and dependability are the most
valued in any organization. They are very quickly promoted onto
the fast track in their careers.
The wonderful advantage of developing the habit of moving fast
is that the faster you move, the 
better
you get. This is because the
faster you move, the more experience you get. The faster you move,
the more you learn and the more competent you become. The faster
you move, the more energy and enthusiasm you have. People who