Today's TQ

Daily Lessons in Intentional Excellence
Tuesday, January 6, 2026

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The minutes in your day are productive only when you're moving in a forward motion covering new ground and not lost backtracking, or starting over every time a new process begins.

When you're organized you know in advance where you're going and how you'll get there.

Today's TQ Challenge: Create Highly Productive Systems to do the Work FOR You.

Choose to be EFFECTIVE! Do you use your systems as a safeguard against forgetfulness?
Choose to be PROFICIENT! Are your systems so automatic that you can delegate them easily? Why haven't you?
Choose to be SYSTEMATIC! What's one area where system-building will be critical to your success-building?

Every activity contains a series of steps that must be completed correctly to be successful. Systemize your success. Identify the critical steps required to complete your most productive and rewarding activities. Then, create a "well-oiled machine" to automatically crank out results for you. Systemize those steps through technology, checklists, delegation or by enrolling additional team members -- and you will achieve the results you expect -- far more often. Automate this Factor and you'll double, triple or even quadruple your productivity, efficiency and effectiveness.

"Don't tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done." ~ James Ling

Think about it. How well and how often do you actually DO Organize Factor 8A?

"I create systems to help automate my most productive activities."

A high commitment (8A rated 8 or better) suggests your systems have made you a highly productive "results generator." You are more productive than most, simply because you have invested the time and resources necessary to build systems to optimize your high-payoff activities. Your secret is to create systems that utilize the best tools and technology -- systems that bring out the best in you -- and everyone on your team.

On the other hand...

A lack of commitment suggests you've never quite figured out how to systemize success and put it on autopilot. If questioned, you could probably list the activities that produce your greatest rewards. But lacking the systems to properly support you, you don't get to do them as often -- or as well -- as you'd like. Consequently, you work hard to overcome your inherent lack of "system smarts," and erroneously confuse personal effort with optimum results.

What happens when you CHOOSE to do Factor 8A a bit more frequently?

You hit more home runs, because you get to bat more often. You accumulate performance positives like "Systematic, Streamlined and Automated" -- immediately moving you towards the results you expect.

What happens when you FAIL to consistently do Factor 8A?

You hardly ever score, because you rarely get up to the plate. Negatives like "Chaotic, Struggling and Hindered" start to take their toll on your performance -- quickly moving you away from the success you want.

Now Ask Yourself This...
Is Factor 8A Causing You Problems?

If you believe this factor is a key performance obstacle -- and that it's preventing you from realizing your personal dreams and goals -- then you need to improve it.

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