[Index: INTRO, Step 1, 1b, 2, 3, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 6b, 7, 8, 9, 9b, 10, 10b, 11, 12]

This step has been called “the greatest secret of the rich.”

There is one force in our life that makes everyone equal. You are given the same amount as Richard Branson, Oprah Winfrey and Donald Trump. How you handle and treat this force is the single most important contributor to the income you will have and the lifestyle you will lead. This is why Jim Rohn called it the single “greatest secret of the rich.” The secret? The management of time.

Rich or poor, we all have 24 hours every day, seven days every week and 365 days every year. Time is life’s most precious commodity, and how it is managed separates the rich from the poor.

A few distinctions:
• The planet is spinning, the clock is ticking and the fuse of time is burning, despite what you do. It’s up to you to make your time count.
• Time is perishable; you can’t save it. Once it’s gone, it’s gone forever. You have to spend it. Spend it wisely.
• You cannot manage time; time marches on with or without you. All you can do is manage yourself.

Get a Better ROE

When I interviewed Dr. Oz for the October 2008 issue of SUCCESS, I asked him for his secret on how he manages his time. He performs 250 open-heart surgeries a year and is a professor; a chairman of surgery; a director of a medical program; a prolific writer; a regular on TV and radio, including on Oprah; and he is in the middle of launching his own TV show. Oh, and he is also a devoted husband and father of four. A time-management question seemed appropriate.

What he said was one of the best distinctions on time management I have ever heard: read more »

[Index: INTRO, Step 1, 1b, 2, 3, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 6b, 7, 8, 9, 9b, 10, 10b, 11, 12]

My 12-Step Program to Recovery and Life Revival

I am a card-carrying workaholic. Don’t get me wrong; I love to work – that’s my problem. I have discovered that my addiction to work is actually costing me achievement. I have recently had some insights into superachievement—several behaviors that separate the hardworking, ambitious-minded person from the superachiever.

Over the past year I have interviewed some of today’s greatest achievers for SUCCESS—Donald Trump, Richard Branson, Maria Shriver, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Arnold Palmer, Tony Hawk, John Wooden and Colin Powell. I discovered that I work longer and harder than all of them, but they have much bigger results! They also have more joy, freedom and personal peace than I do. I realized something is wrong here, and that I needed to figure it out.

I spent much of the holiday break thinking about what it will take to make 2009 my best year ever—not just incremental improvements, but quantum leaps in many areas of my life. I knew I would be going through my traditional goal-planning process (Design Your Best Year Ever) on New Year’s Day, but before I set specific goals, I needed to figure out the gap between these superachievers and me.

On December 31 I read more »

These days, 24/7 news channels and the political rhetoric are constantly bombarding us with news about the troubling and difficult times we live in.

That’s why you’ll find exclusive interviews with Dr. Mehmet Oz, David Bach and Zig Ziglar on the CD side of the DualDisc™ bound into the October 2008 issue of SUCCESS (on newsstands now). In these interviews I ask how they specifically handle difficult times, failure and personal set-backs. Their responses are very enlightening and inspiring for us all.

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