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Brian Tracy has an excellent collection of podcasts that will move anyone closer to their goals. This article summarizes “21 Great Ways To Double Your Productivity - Number 11″ Podcast. He explains the concept of “Single-Handling Key Tasks.”

Many of history’s richest men, including Dale Carnegie, have attributed their success to this one success skill. Wouldn’t you like to have some extra cash?

How about boosting your own productivity by 50% in just the first day? That’s what Brian Tracy promises.

So, what is Single-Handling Tasks?

Brian Tracy says it boils down to one thing: choosing your most important task and sticking with it, no distractions, until it is complete. He itemizes how to do this in three-simple steps:

1. Make a list of everything you have to do.

2. Select the most important item (highest use of your time) on your list.

3. Start work on the most important task and discipline yourself to stay at it until it is 100% complete.

Remember the Two Keys of Success

Take note of Brian Tracy’s Two Keys:

1. Focus

2. Concentration

Here’s how you’ll benefit from Single-Handling Your Key Tasks

Brian Tracy daringly pronounces that you have more success employing this one habit that any of the other success skills you can develop. That’s a promise worth testing.

He further says that you increase the amount of time needed to spend on a task by 5 times when you lay it aside to complete later. Ouch! Unfortunately, most of us don’t work to completion with our tasks. We often get distracted.

Instead, use Single-Handling Key Tasks and watch your efficiency increase by up to 80%! No wonder Brian Tracy declares this as one of time management’s greatest secrets.

And you can acquire this habit easily with a little bit of practice and persistence.

There are two major benefits:

1. You’ll find yourself at the top of your field and pay-scale.

2. You’ll get an endorphin rush by completing your major tasks. This rush will give you a feeling of well-being, happiness, and your self-esteem will increase.

Brian Tracy reveals one of the great secrets of success: Single-Handling Key Tasks. Make it one of your success goals.

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