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This book is dedicated with love to Stephanie and Austria, who make my life the wonder and joy it is today.
It is also dedicated to my family: Suleman Lakhani, Pavreen Lakhani, Jehan Lakhani, and Imran Lakhani.
Finally, to my very good friends, MSG Dennis Stockwell, Al Murray, and Mark Ernst.
Foreword
When you carefully study the most successful businesses in the world or the most successful people, as I have, youll see that they have one thing in common... a drive to incrementally improve every day, every month, every year. And when you look at people who would be successful or who have businesses that could be successful but arent, you see them struggle because they are unclear or unsure about what to focus on. They know that they should be taking some action, but they dont know where to start. They continue to do the same things every day. They are paralyzed, and inaction kills.
This book solves that problem in a very actionable way.
Focus, consistency, and action.
Those are the keys to growing your business or yourself.
But let me ask you one powerful question, and I want you to answer it honestly. Do you know exactly what you could focus on for one hour that would dramatically change your life or your business?
The Power of an Hour reveals the most important things that you must do to develop focus, it compels you to action, and it gives you the master plan for consistent movement forward in your business or your life.
Anyone who reads this book and applies the ideas inside will hold the master keys to creating incremental improvements in business and personal success every day in every crucial area of life and business. The Power of an Hour does an amazing job of breaking down critical personal and business issues (which are nearly always tied closely together) into very clear focus points that allow you to choose what is most important for you to focus on and to have the tools you need to create tremendous momentum.
As you read The Power of an Hour and begin focusing for an hour at a time, youll experience amazing results. As you continue to practice, youll do something else: Youll condition your mind and youll learn how to focus, create momentum, and improve fast.
Take this book with you right now and read it.
Then, spend one hour in Fearsome Focus (which youll learn more about in the book) and focus on the most important chapter in the book for you. Stay focused on momentum and achievement. Incremental improvement will be yours, and that very improvement will allow you to dominate your market and yourself.
So, I want to ask you again: Do you know exactly what you could focus on for one hour that would dramatically change your life or your business?
I strongly suggest that you start by reading this book.
Then, pick the most important hour of focus from the book and get started.
Youll be glad you did, and your business will be glad you did.
And youll finally understand what it means to work on your business or your life, not just in it.
Take action now.
T. Harv Eker
Author of the New York Times bestseller
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind
Preface
This book is like no other business book or personal development book youve ever read and Im proud of that. The last thing you need is another formulaic book you could have written yourself. This book is holistic; it addresses both personal and business issues because there is no separation between the two. If one side suffers, by necessity so does the other.
This book is different because its designed to work with a busy executives or business owners schedule. Each chapter is meant to stand alone and offers a complete how-to process from start to finish. Use it an hour at a time or a project at a time but, most important, use it.
In my work with corporate executives, whether of Fortune 500 companies or small businesses, Ive found that they all have one thing in commonthey want to create change. Often the change they have in mind is inside their own organization. What they repeatedly discover is that in order to create change in their organization or team, they must first create it in themselves.
In both cases, organizational and personal, there are common areas that impact all business owners. If your business isnt growing and performing the way you want, you suffer. If you are suffering, your business cant grow and perform optimally.
Ive developed a plan for change that Ive taught and used for more than 10 years. In developing the program, I knew the only way it would work was if it didnt take a lot of time and if the results were quickly obvious. The program works if you simply take the steps and apply them one at a time, an hour at a time.
The Power of an Hour is designed to be broken down into the most manageable blocks of time, a single hour. While this isnt a time management book, it covers time management issues so you can make the most of your Power Hours.
The Power of an Hour provides the structure necessary to create powerful change in one single hour. It stimulates thinking about what is needed in specific areas of your business or career. Ive covered the areas of marketing, sales, management, and others that most impact our lives. Ive also explored the areas of personal life that cause the most stress to work, health, and relationships. And, while I dont profess to be an expert on relationships or health, I am an expert on demonstrating the best questions to ask in order to create a powerful solution for those areas of your life. In addition, Ive introduced industry experts who share their particular views on what you can do in an hour to improve your personal and professional lives. They have included some of the most effective questions to ask and answer for yourself for creating positive change. Ive even got an expert wholl improve your golf game (he was one of Phil Mickelsons college golf coaches; he knows a thing or two about creating winners).
This book is a guidebook. Open the book to the issue you want to focus on and youll find detailed information about the key areas you should explore. The first part of the book teaches the Power of an Hour process that leads you to the state I refer to as Fearsome Focus.
Fearsome Focus came about as a result of my previous experience as a professional kickboxer and as a former law enforcement officer who worked in undercover narcotics and on SWAT (special weapons and tactics) teams. I learned that in violent encounters you have to be intensely focused for short periods of time in order not just to succeed, but to survive. I later discovered that when I applied the same level of focus to my work or my personal life, I was able to accomplish what many others around me could not. I began sharing the concept of Fearsome Focus with other business owners and they found that, by truly focusing, they accomplished things that had been hanging over them for months or even years. They were able to get results they hadnt in the past because they finally understood the effects of being single-minded in their effort to create and succeed.
