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    The Daily Edge: Simple Strategies to Increase Efficiency and Make an Impact Every Day
    The Daily Edge: Simple Strategies to Increase Efficiency and Make an Impact Every Day
    The Daily Edge: Simple Strategies to Increase Efficiency and Make an Impact Every Day
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    The Daily Edge: Simple Strategies to Increase Efficiency and Make an Impact Every Day

    By David Horsager

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    Wall Street Journal bestselling author David Horsager frequently hears executives lament that their hands are more than full trying to balance the barrage of tasks they face on a daily basis. While he never set out to be a productivity expert, Horsager realized that over the years he has developed and adopted dozens of extraordinarily practical time- and energy-saving techniques that could help today's leader. The key objective is to become so effective in the little things that you have enough time for more meaningful interactions.

    In The Daily Edge, you'll learn strategies such as identifying the key Difference-Making Actions on which to focus your efforts. Perhaps it is time to set a personal or even company-wide “power hour,” during which you do not attend meetings, answer the phone, or reply to emails, creating the time and space to really focus and get things done. The thirty-five high-impact ideas Horsager introduces in succinct, quick-read chapters are easily implemented and powerful on their own. Taken together, they form a solid wave of efficacy that enables you to get more done, keep your energy up, and make sure that you're able to honor all your relationships, both personal and professional.

    Editor's Note

    Perfect timing...

    We all could use a little reminder of how to stay motivated, which will help us get the most out of our day. And this book helps do just that.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBerrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
    Release dateOct 5, 2015
    ISBN9781626565975
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    David Horsager

    David Horsager, M.A., C.S.P., is a business strategist, entrepreneur, professor, and author who researches and speaks on the bottom-line impact of trust. His clients range from Wells Fargo, ING, and The Better Business Bureau to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Mercy Medical Center, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. David and his wife, Lisa, have four children and live in Minnesota. Learn more at DavidHorsager.com.

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    • 4/5
      I believe, there are several ways to make our lives more effective and productive and the author has managed to list out 35 tips that requires very little effort to follow. Daily practice will ensure you are leading your time in the most productive way possible.
    • 5/5
      Great! Kept it simple, making the tips easy to adapt.
    • 5/5
      Very practical and excellent book. It encouraged me and opened my eyes to systematic ways of improving my work and personal efficiency. I will certainly recommend it to others. I'll prefer to have a hard copy.
    • 5/5
      This book provides crisp, practical and helpful everyday tips and ways to cultivate productive habits.
    • 3/5
      It is a Basic one and nothing new to read about.
    • 2/5
      Just like every other self-help book on the market, this one was very much the same and bore content that although concise, did not really motivate one to move forward. The sharp and pointed pointers listed in the book were not fresh concepts.
    • 5/5
      Simple, short, precise and practical. Definitely worth a read, for it will change your life.
    • 4/5
      short and to the point. I like when I can finish a book.

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    The Daily Edge - David Horsager

    Tip 1

    90-Day Quick Plan

    Eighteen years ago a man challenged me to not complain for 90 days straight. I couldn’t complain about anything, not food, not the weather, nothing. That changed my life. Some people say you can change a habit in 21 days. I question whether that is long enough. While 21 days may be too short, an entire year is too long. Think about it, most people can’t keep their New Year’s resolutions for even two weeks. People often think, I have all year to get going on that. 90 days is a sweet spot. It is a short enough time frame to stay absolutely focused, and yet it is long enough to get more done than most people get done in a whole year. When I lost my weight, the first 90 days were the most important. In those three months, I lost thirty-three pounds, but more importantly, my thinking about food, exercise, and how I spent my time was transformed. Everything changed in 90 days.

    Most strategic planning is done at an off-site retreat, yet provides little momentum toward action. Instead of an annual planning session, try making a 90-Day Quick Plan. Every 90 days we encourage everyone on our team to create a 90-Day Quick Plan. It gives leaders and teams an actionable framework that provides clarity and leads to tangible results both personally and professionally.

    Here’s how to make it work. Pick an area of your business or life that you’d like to address, and then ask six questions. The plan should take less than 30 minutes to create.

    Question 1: Where am I? If you do not know where you are today, you cannot know where you would like to be in the future. (If you are doing a 90-Day Quick Plan as a team, ask, Where are we? and use we in the following questions as well.) Ask this question and you will be able to quickly identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. For example, where am I in my relationship with my kids? Where am I in my health? Where am I in comparison to expected sales? Where are we as far as the number of people we are reaching with our message or

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