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

Commit to Excellence
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INCREASING YOUR 
RETURN ON ENERGY
If return on financial capital is called return on equity, your per-
sonal ROE is your 
return on energy
. Personal strategic planning is fo-
cused on organizing and reorganizing your life, restructuring and
reengineering your activities, to increase the quality and quantity of
rewards you get from the investment of the hours and days of your
life in what you do.
Let us say, for example, that you have decided that you want to
double your income in the next three to five years. This is a reason-
able goal that many people around you are already achieving. It is
not that difficult to achieve. Simply put, to double your income, you
merely have to double the value of your output relative to your in-
put.You have to double the value of your contribution.
Financial results come as the result of performing a function or
producing valuable goods and services that someone is willing to
pay for. If you want to increase the amount you get out, you have to
make a plan to increase the amount you put in.
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