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Make Each Day Your Masterpiece
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Remember That a Great Quarter in Basketball or Business
Starts with a Great Minute.
A well-organized leader has finished his fourth cup of coffee before
a poorly organized leader has located the coffeepot. Your first min-
utes working with a team or on a vital project can determine your
ultimate success. Lead with the certain knowledge that you don’t
have a moment to lose.

Set the Proper Tone with Meticulous Time
Management Technique.
A leader who is careless about time sanctions the same attitude
throughout the organization. Time is about more than the clock; it
is about creating and fostering an environment in which discipline
and hustle rule over carelessness and a casual attitude about
time.

Document Minutes, Days,Weeks, Months, and So On.
In reviewing the details of UCLA practice schedules from prior
years, I was looking to see what worked at precise intervals
throughout the season. Doing so helped me to keep the team mov-
ing forward; I learned from and incorporated past lessons. Those
records were most helpful in showing me how not to waste time.
Keep good, meaningful records. Use them to help you find ways to
improve.