Important Vs Urgent

Throughout our day there is a conflict going on between what is important and what is urgent. The important needs to get done for us to live pleasant, fulfilled lives. But the urgent screams to be done first and often leaves no time for what is important.

Sometimes the urgent really does need to be done first. If the house is on fire, everything else must be placed on hold until it is put out. But usually what we perceive as urgent really isn’t.

The fact that your favorite TV show is coming on in 2 minutes may seem urgent, but taking time to hug your kids and listen to the problems they had in school that day is what is important.

Answering your emails may seem urgent, but taking time to plan your day so you can be productive is what is important.

Never become a slave to the seemingly urgent at the expense of what is important.

Ed Wills
Inter-Networking.net

Control

A thermometer moves up and down with the temperature. A thermostat works to control the temperature so everyone is comfortable.
Are you a thermometer or a thermostat? Are you in control of your future, or do you just react to it?

You can take control of your life. Start with awareness. (What’s the temperature now?)

Set your goal. (What temperature do you want it to be?)

Make your goal a reality. (Work towards it consistently.)

Ed Wills
WFA Franchise Consultants

Unless You’re a Shrink, You Won’t Find Success On The Couch

Guess what. If you want to succeed, you have to get up and work for it.
I am a firm believer in goal setting and visualization. But to succeed you also have to get up and get cracking.
Whatever your field, there is a process that must be worked.
If you are in sales: Pick up the phone. Make the appointments. Do the presentations.
If you are a student: Go to the library. Pick up the books. Write the papers.
If you are in management: Design the metrics. Communicate your department goals. Train your team.
Work is not a curse, but a blessing. Even Adam and Eve had jobs in the Garden of Eden. Adam was the gardener, and Eve was his assistant.
The story of the grasshopper and the ant, popularized by Disney, actually has its roots in the writings of King Solomon.
Every goal has its labor, and today is a work day.

Ed Wills
Inter-Networking.Net

Today

Today is the bridge between yesterday and tomorrow.
Today is the chance to take what you learned from the experiences of yesterday to shape a better tomorrow.
Today is the one moment in time which is completely yours. You are in control right now. Use it.
Use today to make you smarter.
Use today to make you stronger.
Use today to make your life better.
Use today to make other’s lives better.
Use today so tomorrow will have no regrets.

Ed Wills
WFA Franchise Consultants

If You Can Believe, You Can Achieve.

Napoleon Hill was famous for saying, “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” He was, of course, absolutely right.

No one can accomplish much if they do not believe they can. They will quit at the first sign of hardship. But the one who is convinced he cannot fail, cannot be stopped. Put obstacles in his way and he ploughs right through them, because he knows he is going to succeed. A few hard knocks along the road are expected.

Choose your future. See it in your mind’s eye. Know that it is yours for the taking. And, press ahead without looking back.

Ed Wills
WFA Frranchise Consultants

Not Alone

Neil Armstrong is famous for being the first man to walk on the moon. But it was obviously not a solo adventure. No significant achievement ever is.

Visionaries need engineers to figure out how to get it done. Engineers need accountants to figure out how much it will cost. Accountants need supporters to provide funding. In the end every American played his part in getting a man to the moon.

You need a team to accomplish your goals, especially the big ones. Your team may consist of your spouse, family, friends or associates. They may provide you with ideas, encouragement or the use of your products or services.

To form your team, think of how reaching your goal will benefit them. If they will truly benefit, don’t be afraid to communicate your goal to them and ask for their help. Also be willing to help them reach their goals. As a win-win relationship develops, everyone will move forward.

If the road to success seems lonely, bring along a friend.

Ed Wills
WFA Franchise Consultants

Contrary to popular belief, 24 hours in a day really is enough time to accomplish what needs to be done. If you are one of those who gets to the end of each day thinking you haven’t had time to accomplish anything, take a moment to reflect on what others have accomplished in the same short amount of time.

Bill Gates started Microsoft by the time he was 20.
Jeff Bezos researched mail order in his spare time while a vice president of a Wall Street hedge fund. He started Amazon.com in July of 1995, and, with no advertising, was overseeing $20,000 a week in sales by September.

They are not from a race of supermen. Their fast success ultimately stems from 3 principles.
1. Focus
2. Prioritization
3. Time Management

Apply those three principles to your day and you will find that, indeed, 24 hours is really enough time to accomplish what really needs to be accomplished.

Ed Wills
WFA Franchise Consultants
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