What Did You Do Today?
The day's wrapping-up across America. Other places around the world it's long since over, soon to start, or ending too. What did you accomplish at the end of your last day?
We wake each morning with a mental list of what we ought to do, should do, and want to do. Many things we ought to do never get done.
Things we know we ought to do are hard, uncomfortable, and sometimes distasteful. But they're usually necessary. They're things we know we have to do to advance and ultimately succeed – fire an employee, call an unhappy customer, negotiate a settlement, call someone we don't know, decide on a date certain, etc. We need to do these things.
Instead of thinking of reasons to do them tomorrow, think of the reasons you need to do them today. Remind yourself why they need to get done. And do them. Today. You'll feel better.
Management | Jim Logan | 17 May 2006 |
