Anytime you’re able to do what you want, what do you typically do? If you’re like most people, you do the thing that you find the most enjoyable, the least scary or the easiest.
Therein lies a MAJOR stumbling block to success – procrastination.
Sure, you need to finish that project, but first you’re going to spend a few minutes on Pinterest.
Yes, you need to get that blog post written and uploaded, but…are those dust bunnies under your desk? It won’t take long to run the dust mop around and then you will get right back to work.
And so it goes.
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How do successful people become successful? They do things. Instead of sitting around waiting for the Permission Fairy to whack them upside the head with her magic wand, they just go out and do what they need to do.
This week’s Monday Morning Message from Wm. H. Danforth, founder of Ralston Purina:
Have you ever noticed that tasks expand to fill the time allotted for them? If you have all day to do something, it will take you all day. However, if you have only 15 or 20 minutes, you will be surprised at how much you can accomplish in that time.