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This week in the book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, by John C. Maxwell, I read about the Law of Priorities. This law centers around the idea that to be effective a leader must be able to prioritize elements in level of importance. The chapter explains the belief that activity alone is not accomplishment; a leader must be able to constantly be looking ahead and this requires prioritizing so the focus remains on the items that are most important. Maxwell demonstrates the significance of establishing priorities through the use of personal narratives and those of prominent leaders. The narratives explain to the reader the success that can be obtained through proper understanding the Law of Priorities and implementing them daily.
While reading this chapter I focused on a few areas that I felt were critical to successful leadership. Afterwards, I thought about these areas in depth from my own leadership stance. Additionally, I researched and read a few more articles dealing with these direct concepts they included: the concept that activity is not …show more content…

Wright tasked me with recovery of delinquent accounts on large jobs this week in relation to my third objective. Phone calls to delinquent accounts usually happen after a service has gone 15 days past due. At five days past due we send out a friendly email reminder of the due date of the payment. After, 10 days we send out yet another email that asks them to call us at their earliest convenience. However, after 15 days we start calling the customer to obtain the payment. I had three large jobs to try to obtain payment from and two small jobs. I was able to obtain a payment from two of the large jobs. I then documented in the computer system on the accounts the notes pertaining to the delinquent calls. Mr. Wright checked these notes on Friday afternoon. He reminded me at that time that I needed to document the date and time of the call, incase we ever need a record of attempts to obtain the

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