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April 08, 2005

TIP #24 - Think in Parallel

Increase your productivity and significantly impact your results by working parallel tracks, not linear ones.

Let me give you a personal example. I'm writing my first book,
Winning at Working: 10 Lessons Shared. Currently, I have four parallel tracks going for this book: 1) building an audience (platform); 2) writing the book; 3) developing promotional approaches; 4) learning about the book business. I allocate time for each track each week, so by the time the book is published, #1,#3 and #4 will be firmly developed to support its launch.

If I used a linear plan, waiting until I was finished writing the book to develop the audience and promotional approaches to augment the publisher's efforts, I would limit what would be possible under tight time constraints and signficantly limit my results.

Learn to look at the end goal, developing and working on parallel initiatives to bring that goal into fruition. Want to be winning at working? Think in parallel.

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Posted by Nan Russell at April 8, 2005 10:32 AM