From the course: The Practices of High-Performing Employees

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Get really clear on what you need to deliver

Get really clear on what you need to deliver

From the course: The Practices of High-Performing Employees

Get really clear on what you need to deliver

- [Male] You mentioned the successful career survival guide and that's 707 Helpful Suggestions. Is there one or two or three that you think really just drive tremendous power and value for people as you've seen them interact with it. - [Male] I would say the biggest point for any discussion would be, what are you being paid to deliver for your employer. Now if you're an entrepreneur, then you have to decide what results you need to deliver for yourself, to make your business more viable. And if you're a senior military leader, you have to decide on this particular mission what results do I have to deliver. So it kind of comes back to on the front end, defining in no uncertain terms, exactly what you're trying to accomplish. So that would be my key point number one. One of my favorite quotes is the great American humorist, Will Rogers said in 1938, "The urgent is seldom important, "and the important is seldom urgent." And I…

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