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Everything Counts: 52 Steps Toward Excellence
From typos to tardiness, many people and organizations act as if details just don’t matter much. The result is that they treat customers poorly, deliver sloppy results, and show up both unprepared and late. Quite frankly, it has to stop! In order to improve and perfect their performance, great leaders do whatever it takes and pay intense attention to the smallest of details. Great leaders do not accept that “you play the hand life deals you;” rather, they believe that you hold the hand that you dealt to yourself. Winning depends on playing that hand with care and control. Replace the saying, “Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff!” with “Everything Counts!” as a mantra for personal satisfaction and organizational achievement!
224 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2006
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April 16, 2013
Para muestra, basta un botón. Les hago un brevísimo resumen de los primeros tres capítulos de este libro:
Every Detail Counts:
The Magic behind every outstanding performance is always found in the smallest of details.
• The key to quality in every aspect of our lives is doing little things correctly, all the time, every time.
• The people who deliver superior results are not simply doing more of the same things everyone else does; they are doing better things. Very small differences, consistently practiced, produce superior results
Commitment Counts:
Commitment protects and strengthens your credibility and reputation with yourself and others.
• You either honor your commitments, or you don’t.
• Your ability to honor your promises directly impacts your credibility, reputation, trustworthiness, earning ability, and overall peace of mind.
If you make a commitment, honor it.
If you make a promise, keep it.
If you set a goal, achieve it.
Focus Counts:
Focus serves as an absolute precondition for every success you will experience.
• Everything you think, say or do is either taking you closer to or further away from it
• Unless you’re able to give complete attention to your goals and desires, your full potential will never see the light of day
• Few things are more admirable than a focused and committed individual
• Concentrate your efforts on the smallest number of activities that will produce the largest amount of productivity
• While it is always possible to regain focus, it is far easier to remain than to regain or rehabilitate.
Every Detail Counts:
The Magic behind every outstanding performance is always found in the smallest of details.
• The key to quality in every aspect of our lives is doing little things correctly, all the time, every time.
• The people who deliver superior results are not simply doing more of the same things everyone else does; they are doing better things. Very small differences, consistently practiced, produce superior results
Commitment Counts:
Commitment protects and strengthens your credibility and reputation with yourself and others.
• You either honor your commitments, or you don’t.
• Your ability to honor your promises directly impacts your credibility, reputation, trustworthiness, earning ability, and overall peace of mind.
If you make a commitment, honor it.
If you make a promise, keep it.
If you set a goal, achieve it.
Focus Counts:
Focus serves as an absolute precondition for every success you will experience.
• Everything you think, say or do is either taking you closer to or further away from it
• Unless you’re able to give complete attention to your goals and desires, your full potential will never see the light of day
• Few things are more admirable than a focused and committed individual
• Concentrate your efforts on the smallest number of activities that will produce the largest amount of productivity
• While it is always possible to regain focus, it is far easier to remain than to regain or rehabilitate.
January 14, 2020
"Everything Counts" is a book filled with decent, common sense advice. Unfortunately, the advice is so common sense that the book does not need to exist. It serves as an adequate reminder to uphold certain values, but it is largely uncompelling.
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January 22, 2022Everything Counts is an amazing book that details out 52 ways to inspire excellence and drive results. Each chapter is specific to a new way that you can improve in three different areas of your life: work, personal, overall.
There are so many amazing things about this book, and so many good points and quotes, it’s hard to pick out any favorites. I felt more drawn to the personal portion of the book and how I can better myself outside of the work zone. Sometimes I find I am more highly focused at work and less at home, which is where this book helps to motivate and inspire you to change habits, become more productive and live a happier life.
This is a great book not to just read on a personal level, but to also share with co-workers and family. Everyone can benefit in some way from the lessons, personal stories, and calls to action, to make everything in their life count.
We read this book for our work book club and it was perfect in all ways. Everyone benefited from Blair’s short and quick chapters. They are direct, to the point, and relate to a current event/business/person that has achieved such successes and made it count.
There are so many amazing things about this book, and so many good points and quotes, it’s hard to pick out any favorites. I felt more drawn to the personal portion of the book and how I can better myself outside of the work zone. Sometimes I find I am more highly focused at work and less at home, which is where this book helps to motivate and inspire you to change habits, become more productive and live a happier life.
This is a great book not to just read on a personal level, but to also share with co-workers and family. Everyone can benefit in some way from the lessons, personal stories, and calls to action, to make everything in their life count.
We read this book for our work book club and it was perfect in all ways. Everyone benefited from Blair’s short and quick chapters. They are direct, to the point, and relate to a current event/business/person that has achieved such successes and made it count.
June 30, 2022
Excellence doesn't come by chance. Everything counts!
An easy to read book which takes you towards a focus of excellence in 52 examples of what counts.
An easy to read book which takes you towards a focus of excellence in 52 examples of what counts.
November 21, 2017
I really liked this book, and if it were available on Kindle i would by the electronic version as well. This book is broken down into major life sections, and it has a short essay about different topics. It has 52 different chapters, and you could concentrate on a different chapter each week of the year.
April 22, 2011
Gary Ryan Blair will definitely get you pumped up in regard to setting some tangible goals in life. I actually spoke with him once on the phone - and he is very personable and easy to listen to. For more information, go to: http://www.garyryanblair.com/
December 24, 2014
Remarcable book, delivers a high level of energy, puts you into focus mode and gets you doing thing. Which is the most important result.
August 4, 2013
Some nice tidbits!!!
September 6, 2014
Yep I agree
December 5, 2014
Some good nuggets of wisdom
March 22, 2015
Must read for anyone who wants to excel in life. Practical advice that you can follow pronto.
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