Think TQ

I saw this is the Google Ad at the top of my page so I decided to peek through and take a look.
Looks a little goofy.

The general philosophy is that TQ is your "Time/Results Quotient" - so the amount of stuff you do in an amount of time.

High TQ = good
Low TQ = bad

They also have another set of 10 "Tenets" to follow to achieve high TQ.

1-Your physical ENERGY level
Let me guess, this should be high?

2-Your sense of purpose and MISSION
You should know yours (high level long term plan)

3-Your personal ATTITUDE
Should be open and willing to accept others who aren't like you

4-Your ability to SET GOALS
See "How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life" - establish SMART goals.

5-Your ability to MAKE PLANS
See Getting Things Done - make a pile, categorize it, act on it, or schedule it for later.

6-Your ability to PRIORITIZE your actions
See #5

7-Your ability to SYNERGIZE with others
See # 3

8-Your ability to get & stay ORGANIZED
See # 5

9-Your ability to OPTIMIZE your time
Seven Habits (important, not urgent tasks)

10-Your ability to take swift ACTION
umm yeah.

There's nothing new here folks, might be a good refresher if you haven't read a business / motivation book in a while - good to read one a month - but otherwise there is a lot of regurgitated information disguised a "a completely NEW SYSTEM!"

Happens all the time.
Have a good weekend.

-Brian

Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement With Everyday Life, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (ISBN: 0465024114 )

1) He divides our waking time into basically productive work, maintenance activities, leisure activities and our time in the social sphere as with productive peers, family, or self.

2) Emotions are subjective, yet the experience of emotions create our sense of reality.

3) Flow = Highly positive emotions such as being happy, alertness, active, strong, sociable, cheerful, focused, and conscious.

When we are using all of our talents, fully engaged, with immediate and revelent feedback we are in a state of flow.

Helpful hint: "Engineer your daily life around getting the most rewarding experiences from it. Not those experiences of flow and satisfaction in one's life. Learn to manage the daily rhythms of life. He relays the problems of being alone and discusses how being with others naturally structure and sets goals for us. He suggests that it is very worthwhile to structure our being with others in enjoyable relaxed times.

Leisure can be dangerous for us because we lack the goals and structure of an outside influence. Flow producing activites require "activation time and energy".

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My suggestion if you are lost with this stuff is to take a free online Myers Briggs test to see how you score, and then search for job recommendations for ENTP or whatever you happen to be. You will find an indication of what you should be doing in terms of achieving Flow.

I think people should have more time between college and the real world to figure out what it is they do best so that job satisfaction and personal happiness and productivity will go up. Maybe people wouldn't be so unhappy with their jobs later in life!