All articles by Donald Mitchell

  1. Questions to Find and Implement Fast Solutions for Accomplishing 20 Times as Much by Donald Mitchell

    You should assume there are many pathways to creating a 2,000 percent solution (any way of accomplishing 20 times more with the same time, money, and effort) that improves a high profile benefit while enhancing many other benefits as well. With these questions, you will identify the opportunities that you want to use the eight-step process to develop.

  2. Focus on Fast Ways to Accomplish 20 Times More by Donald Mitchell

    In identifying large opportunities to accomplish 20 times more, nth degree thinking is critical. Nth degree thinking requires you to take one element of your business environment and expand it to extremes . . . both much larger and much smaller than you can possibly imagine could occur. In picking 2,000 percent solution (any way of accomplishing 20 times more with the same, time, effort, and resources) opportunities, you also apply nth degree thinking. To do so

  3. Your Choice of Focus Makes a Big Difference in Accomplishing 20 Times as Much by Donald Mitchell

    Many people choose what to work on solely based on their enthusiasm for the subject. For example, salespeople may feel more energized by redesigning the compensation system than they do by finding more leads. Why? The compensation system shift can increase their pay from the current effort. There's no necessary connection between finding more leads and any personal benefit. But in an organization that has too few leads, finding lots of good leads could create more compensation

  4. Organizing Your Schedule for Learning How to Accomplish 20 Times as Much by Donald Mitchell

    Many people feel a little lost when they first think about learning how to accomplish 20 times as much with the same time, effort, and resources. Some assume it will take years to master this new discipline. That's not the case: Most people will be able to create their first 2,000 percent solution (accomplishing 20 times as much) with less than 80 hours of individual effort.

  5. Questions to Help You Pick a Focus to Accomplish 20 Times as Much by Donald Mitchell

    A mistake that many people make is to focus on relatively unimportant activities in creating 2,000 percent solutions (ways of accomplishing 20 times as much with the same time, effort, and resources). Why not gain as much benefit from your efforts as possible?

  6. Eliminate Bad Habits and Thinking that Delay Accomplishing 20 Times More by Donald Mitchell

    Stalls are bad habits that delay accomplishing 20 times as much through the 2,000 percent solution process for making breakthroughs. Stalls are harmful because they drain time and attention away from more productive activities and also set up barriers to improvements. In this article, you'll ask seven questions that will help you identify and overcome your stalls.