This document discusses concepts related to personal effectiveness including goals, positive thinking, efficiency, and skillful execution. It emphasizes that effective people make good use of their resources and are skilled at achieving their goals, whether in sales, sports, or other areas. It also touches on the importance of confidence, focusing on strengths, managing time and resources well, lifelong learning, personal commitment, calculated risks, effective delegation, capacity planning, and effective capacity.

1. Abranchoftheselfhelpmovementdealing withsuccess, goals, andrelatedconcepts. Personal
effectiveness integratessomeideasfrom“thepowerof positive thinking”.
Personallyeffectivepeoplearethusmorethanjust people whogetwhat theywant.Theyreallyhave
twoqualities:Theymakegood useof theirresources andtheyareskilledat achievingtheirgoals.
Whetheryouwanttobeasuccessful sales person orgood insports, being effectivemeansa
combination ofeffiency andskilledexecution.
REMEMBER:
Itishardtobeeffectiveifwearen'tconfident.
Ourconfidencegrowswhenweplayto ourstrengths
andhavea confidentattitude.

2. Howaboutmakingbestuseof
ourtimeandallotherpersonal
resourcesatourdisposal?

3. Demonstratesapassionforlearning:Learningmeansstayingrelevant.
Learningmeanshaving newideas thatmaychallengethestatusquo.Beingcuriousmeans
youareaskingquestions,connectingthedots,gaininginsight,gettingbeyondthesuperficial,
andgettingaknowledgebasethatpositionsyouasago-toperson.
Demonstratesapersonalcommitmenttosuccess: Commitment
fuelsaccountabilitywhichtranslatesintoproactivebehaviors.Foraprojectmanager,this
meansawillingness toadvocate atall levels.

4. Takescalculatedrisks:Risksareuncertaineventsthatcouldhaveapositive or
negativeeffect onyourcareerandinyourprojects. Asprojectmanagers,weoften focus on
mitigating risk,buttend toforgetthatthereistheopportunityaspect ofrisk.Takinga
calculatedriskmeansyou'veweighedthecosts offailureagainstthe benefits ofsuccess
andhavechosen tomove forward.
Delegates effectively:Delegating effectively creates anatmosphere of
enablement. Youareable tofocus onhigherlevel projectmanagementactivities andyour
teamisempoweredtomakesignificant contributions. Todelegate effectively youmustbeable
toassign workandcreateanobligation toperform.

5. Capacityplanning istheprocessofdeterminingtheproductioncapacityneeded
byanorganizationtomeetchangingdemandsforitsproducts.
Inthecontextofcapacityplanning,design capacityisthemaximumamountofworkthat an
organizationis capableofcompleting inagivenperiod.
Effectivecapacityis themaximumamountofworkthatanorganizationiscapableof
completinginagiven perioddueto constraintssuchas qualityproblems, delays, material
handling,etc. Thephraseisalsousedinbusiness computingasasynonymforcapacity
management.