Hyrum W. Smith - 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management

Copyright 1994 by Hyrum Smith

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SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE SAY

THE 10 NATURAL LAWS OF SUCCESSFUL
TIME AND LIFE MANAGEMENT

Proven Strategies for Increased Productivity
and Inner Peace
IS A BOOK THAT TRULY WORKS!

Hyrum Smith's new bookwill enable you to seize control of your life and gain inner peace in the process.It is destined to become a classic.

Louis A. Tartaglia, M.D., contributing editor, Success magazine

Managing time effectively is a key to success in business and in life. Hyrum Smith offers us a compelling look at the ins and outs of managing this important resource.

Charles Garfield, author of Peak Performance

Our values, relationships, and objectives can be accomplished, and with more inner peace and happiness and with a higher degree of self-satisfaction, by subscribing to and understanding natural laws the way Hyrum has well described in his book.

Jerry C. Atkins, chairman, president and CEO, Skywest Airlines, Inc.

Extraordinary! In a day and age when too few of us believe our personal choices have any effect upon our lives, Hyrum Smith offers real-life, specific steps to master the world around us.

Warren Bennis, author of the bestselling on Becoming a Leader

Bravo! Regardless of your Self/Time Management experience, Hyrum Smith's stimulating and well-written book provides both inspiration and scores of practical tips for getting the most out of your personal and professional life.

William Lacey, president, Productivity Plus, Inc.

Anyone who invests the time to read the book will find it hugely profitable. It's also a fun, thoroughly enjoyable read. His methods have made MCI a more successful company.

Timothy F. Price, president, business services, MCI Telecommunications Corporation

I thought I had heard or read everything pertaining to time managementboy, was I wrong!The tools, the exercises, the concepts, and the philosophies that he presents in the book are real, new and useful.

John R. Felone, coauthor, The Fall of the House of Hutton

TEN NATURAL LAWS is the consummate work in time management, and a blueprint for happiness. This book will change your life!

Marc and Vicki Sorenson, National Institute of Fitness

For today's complex world, controlling one's use of time is the most important focus. Hyrum's book provides a road map to helping set the right priorities with time and life.

John L. Steffens, executive vice president for private client accounts, Merrill Lynch

Hyrum Smith has developed a way to help us discover our own values and then organize them so we can live with greater satisfaction and enjoyment.

J. Oliver Crom, president, Dale Carnegie & Associates

If you have been waiting for hands on material to help you organize your life and foster more effective time management, this is it! Buy it and use itit works!

Patricia DeMatteo, president, International Center for Creative Thinking

This is a remarkable book, written by remarkable people, and worthy of serious consideration by anyone interested in self-improvement.

Rex E. Lee, president, Brigham Young University

Hyrum Smith speaks with the force of natural law. I guarantee you a 10:1 return on the time invested in reading this pragmatic and soulful book.

Gifford Pinchot, president, Pinchot & Company, and author of Intrapreneuring

You've got to like a book that can change your life and entertain you at the same time. Hyrum Smith's 10 NATURAL LAWS does just that.

Blake M. Roney, president, CEO, Nu Skin International

Hyrum Smith adds practical advice about how to use truths to make our business and personal lives more satisfying and more productive. Every time I pick the book up, I learn something new.

M. Anthony Burns, chairman, president, and CEO, Ryder System, Inc.

Offers a blueprint that will help assure improvement The ten laws start with taking personal responsibility for behavior and end with life-enriching insights.

Bruce L. Christensen, president and CEO, Public Broadcasting System

To my wife
Gail

The shadow by my finger cast

Divides the future from the past.

Behind its unreturning line,

The vanished hour, no longer thine.

Before it lies the unknown hour,

In darkness and beyond thine power.

One hour alone is in thine hands,

The now on which the shadow stands.

Poem inscribed on a sundialat Wellesley college

No effort of teaching and communication is ever a solo performance, and this book is not an exception to that natural law. Many people have shaped its content and the direction of my life and thinking over the years, and at the outset I need to express to them my sincere and heartfelt gratitude.

Richard I. Winwood, one of the founders of Franklin Quest Co., is deserving of special mention. Dick and I go back a long way, and I don't believe there is another person on the planet that I am closer to than Richard. My respect and love for him is very hard to describe, but without his influence in my life, the company would not exist nor would this book.

To Lynn Robbins, Dennis Webb, Bob Bennett, and Greg Fullerton, the other founding members of Franklin Quest, I express sincere appreciation for their personal impact on my life and their contributions to the success of what we have accomplished together. Arlen B. Crouch, Jay L. Atwood, and Val John Christensen, who serve on the executive committee of Franklin Quest Co., have also contributed much and have directed us to the successful point at which we find ourselves now in corporate America.

I would also mention Marion D. Hanks, a deeply spiritual man and powerful communicator who has played an integral role in my life for many years. He has been a very serious mentor in shaping my thought processes, my inner convictions, and my ability to communicate them to others. To him I express a sincere love and appreciation.

Deep appreciation is expressed to Jerry Pulsipher, who assisted me in writing this book and, along with Kurt Hanks, helped refine the Reality Model and many other key intellectual concepts taught in Franklin's seminars. Jerry has helped me translate concepts and thoughts I have felt strongly about into written form, and I extend heartfelt thanks and appreciation as a colleague and sounding board. Without Jerry, the book literally would not have come to pass.

A special acknowledgment needs to be made to my wife, Gail, and my childrenGlenna, Stacie, Sharwan, Joseph, Rebecca, and Jacobwho have been such a source of support and strength and encouragement through the last twenty-five years. Gail has been an absolute rock through some major financial difficulties early in our life together and in the fragile beginnings of Franklin Quest Co. Without her, there is no question that none of this would have happened. To Gail and my six wonderful children, I say thank-you and express my love.