Are you trying to achieve excellence in your professional and personal life? Are you looking for an effortless way to manage your time and lead your teams effectively? One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson has the answers to all of these questions. I intend to share my reflection on this reading and discuss how you can incorporate the lessons from this book in your writing projects, personal life, and professional life.
The Lessons from One Minute Manager One Minute Manager offers three tools and asks you to spend only 60 seconds on each tool. These tools intend to improve your management style. First tool is to set three specific goals for your employees/team members and spend only a minute to review them. Second tool is to spend only one minute in praising the work of your employees/team members. Third tool is to spend a minute or less in showing your dissatisfaction with work (if any). How to apply these tools in your life These tools can be applied at your workplace, in your class team projects, and more. You need to ensure that the goals you set are specific and achievable. You might want to look into SMART goals when setting goals for your team, for yourself, and/or for your employees. Personal SMART goals can be related to drafting your paper, such as completing an outline of Paper A in maximum of two pages including supporting arguments/quotes, number of paragraphs and main arguments in two days from now and meeting a writing consultant to review it on the third day. At the end of the second day, you would spend 60 seconds in reviewing your progress. If you accomplished your goal, you would spend only 60 seconds in praising yourself, and if you completed your goal poorly, you would spend only 60 seconds in criticizing your work. It is important that you highlight changes in your outline and set a new SMART goal in this process. I apply these tools in my life as much as I can. One important thing I realized was that I do not need to apply these tools in an order they are presented in the book. When I reflected, I also realized that no approach is free from limitations. However, we can adjust an approach to best fit our lifestyle, work, and school. I usually have more than just three goals for the week or month or the year. I also have some long-term goals. Assessing those goals usually takes me longer than one minute but by keeping this approach in my mind, I become more mindful of the time I spend in planning, goal setting, assessing, and praising. For instance, you do not need to set three goals to praise your best friend’s achievements in life. I apply these tools as they seem applicable in my personal relationships, too. For instance, I usually spend 60 seconds praising the achievements of my friends and siblings. You can too! I hope these tips are as helpful for you as they are for me.
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