Personal effectiveness

Prof A.K Vashisht

Professor & Chairman, UBS
Panjab University
Chandigarh

Self Awareness
Know the real you
Learn to love yourself in a true
way
Have trust in your abilities
Take charge of your life in a
proactive way

Set Gravitational Goals
Determine the personal and
professional goals
Goals should be tough but
attainable
Maintain balance between
short term and long term goals


Six Meta Goals
Happiness
Wealth
Health
Wisdom
Success
Salvation
Learn to prioritize
Do the first thing first
Rank your tasks in terms of
importance and urgency

A technique that has been used
in business management for a
long time is the categorization
of large data into groups. These
groups are often marked A, B,
and Chence the name.
Activities are ranked by these
general criteria:

ABC analysis continued

A Tasks that are perceived as
being urgent and important,
B Tasks that are important but
not urgent,
C Tasks those are neither
urgent nor important. (This list
could also include tasks that
are urgent but not important.)



Important/Urgent quadrants are
done immediately and
personally (e.g., crises,
deadlines, problems
Important/Not Urgent quadrants
get an end date and are done
personally (e.g,. relationships,
planning, recreation
Continued
Unimportant/Urgent quadrants
are delegated (e.g.,
interruptions, meetings,
activities)
Unimportant/Not Urgent
quadrants are dropped (e.g.,
time wasters, pleasant
activities, trivia

Develop Social Skills
and be socially
concerned
Improve communication skills
Manage Time successfully
Make a positive first impression
Interact with fellowbeings very
affectionately
Redefine and expand your
responsibilities
Develop Positive
attitude
Believe that all problems can be
solved
Every adversity is a challenge
Believe that constructive
creativity is essential for
peaceful existance
Try to help your fellow
beings
Think win win
Treat people with respect
specially the ones who are
weak and mute
Make sure you are in good
Company
Be empathetic
Learn to work in teams

Always think for
perfection
Accepting mediocrity is the
biggest injustice to yourself
Compete with those who are
better than you
improvement is a continuous
process
There is no end to excellence
Be Focused
Concentrate on whatever you
do Lack of concentration
makes you emotionally
vulnerable- Emotional
vulnerability makes you
reactive and defensive. The
best of you is overshadowed.

Plan execute and replan
Re-run your day in your mind .
Calmly watch your own actions
as your own life coach.
Understand where you made
your mistakes and what you did
right .Make a resolve to make
your day better everyday.
Be resilient
Physical Quotient
Mental Quotient
Social Quotient
Spiritual Quotient

STEPS TO ACHIEVE
PEAK PERFORMANCE
STEP 1 BUILD HIGH SELF
ESTEEM

STEP 2 HAVE A CLEAR MISION

STEP 3 - DEVELOP A
SASTRATEGIC PLAN
PEAK PERFORMANCE
STEP 4 -MENTAL REHARSAL

STEP 5 BE ACTION ORIENTED

STEP 6 GOOD HUMOUR AND
GOOD HUMAN RELATIONS


PEAK PERFORMANCE
STEP 7 - PRACTISE INNER
CALM AND PEACE
STEP 8 EFFECTIVE SELF
DISCIPLINE
STEP 9- PERSEVEARENCE

STEP 10 HEALTHY ATTITUDE AND
CONTINIOUS EDUCATION