Thought for the Day
I ran across this wonderful Muhammad Ali quote in IdeaBank:
"Champions are made from something
they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision. They
have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster,
they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be
stronger than the skill."
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Posted by Nan Russell at 01:38 PM
November 16, 2005TIP #38: Stop the Gnawing
"A task left undone remains undone in two places - at the actual
location of the task, and inside your head. Incomplete tasks in
your head consume the energy of your attention as they gnaw at
your conscience. They siphon off a little more of your personal
power every time you delay. No need to be a perfectionist,
that's debilitating in an imperfect world, but it's good to be a
'completionist.' If you start it, finish it - or forget it."
--- Brahma Kumaris
I couldn't agree more. But I've found that I can stop the gnawing if I capture the tasks bouncing around my head.
Do that by getting them down on paper or into a PC log. Capture anything you're thinking about, anything you're needing to do, anything you're worried about doing or anything you're trying to remember to do. Put it down. Then set up a reminder system and the saved gnaw energy can be put into task completion.
David Allen is considered a productivity guru. I've found his work insightful. You may want to check out his book.
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Posted by Nan Russell at 09:19 AM
November 11, 2005Thought for the Day
I just returned from Mark Victor Hansen's MEGA Speaking Event and am still absorbing the wealth of information. I'm a big believer in re-energizing thinking by attending a few seminars or conferences every year. Here's a couple thoughts from two of the presenters:
"You don't need to be great to get started. But you need to get started to be great."
"You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are."
"Change is constant and inevitable, but personal growth is a choice."
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Posted by Nan Russell at 05:27 PM
