In the reading I have done in the last week, the title idea has come up over and over again. The October 18 entry of Simple Abundance, one of Seth Godin's blogs last week and in three magazine articles I picked up over the weekend.
How much time do you spend running from one fire to another, trying to put them out? It's exhausting! Plus, how many of those urgent things are really that important to you? Or are they a priority now because someone is making so much noise about it you are dealing with it just to shut them up?
So...this week, give it some thought. What is really important to you and what are you doing because it is urgent. Yes...we all have fires that need to be put out but is your weight urgent (and if you say yes, why? You didn't get to the weight you are since yesterday? What is driving you to say losing weight is urgent now?) Or...is it important but not a three-alarm fire just yet?
Great! Important I can work with. Important means you put it in your schedule to deal with right now -- today. For lunch, what is your plan for eating 3 bites less than you normally would? Can you Kid's Meal your lunch? Could you box half of it up before you dig in?
Take action today -- not because it is urgent but because it is important.
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