At 211 degrees, water is hot.
At 212 degrees, it boils.
And with boiling water, comes steam.
And steam can power a locomotive.
One excellent, quick-read book that can really change your life with just a few easy steps is 212: The Extra Degree. I was actually surprised by the simplicity of the concept after reading the book. I don’t want to call it a “system” like we have with GTD because it is so simple that is it just a solitary concept that can be applied to so many facets of your life and help product astounding results.
Reading the title excerpt from the book above in bold explains the entire system: 1 extra degree (of effort) can product extremely great results. To quote the book, “(212 Degrees) reminds us that seemingly small things can make a tremendous difference”.
As far as the book itself, it is a very quick read and would also make an excellent gift for anyone you want to help give encouragement to. The book is split up to talk about the 212 Degrees concept in a few different ways:
- Why? - because persistent and additional action will produce exponential rewards
- Commitment - make a commitment to change your effort level
- 212 Degree Thoughts and Facts - example: in the 4 major PGA tournaments from 1980 - 2004, the average margin of victory across all tournaments was less than 3 strokes.
- Motivational Quotes - thoughts and words to live by
- 212 Degree Stories
- 212 Degree Service
- 212 Degree Attitude
- 212 Degree Leadership
- 212 Degree Kindness
- 212 Degree Commitment
- 212 Degree Belief
- 212 Degree Focus
- 212 Degree Perseverance
- 212 Degree Actions - the responsibility to act
- As a friend
- As a parent
- At work
- And then some…
- 212 Degree Reflections
It’s time to turn up the heat! Go to work.
This is such a great book and concept that I highly recommend reading it. These ideas and stories will help you to be more productive and helpful in so many aspects of your life, that you are bound to receive positive encouragement from it. That extra degree of effort you will start to show will help you to become more organized and get more things done and teach others so much about yourself and about life. Enjoy!
212: The Extra Degree [Amazon.com]
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