Do the Most Important Thing First
Successful people make a HABIT of doing things they don't like to
do! Mike Litman
Millionaire steel magnate Andrew Carnegie once paid a consultant $64,000 for advice. The consultant gave Carnegie two ideas: Write down what you have to do today and DO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FIRST. In actual fact this story was the other way round. The consultant said I will give you some advice, and you pay me what you think it is worth, the $64,000 subsequently offered being at that time a fortune. If you can make yourself do this then you've won the battle and can leave this course. What happens to most people is the opposite they start doing the trivial painless tasks, then just as they get to the point where then can finally face doing the important task they get blown off course by that urgent request or emergency. This is one of the key reasons why they don't ever get to start their dream project.
Do your list, prioritise the list, then steel yourself and actually do the nasty top priority job. Make this a habit and see how good it feels!
Millionaire steel magnate Andrew Carnegie once paid a consultant $64,000 for advice. The consultant gave Carnegie two ideas: Write down what you have to do today and DO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FIRST. In actual fact this story was the other way round. The consultant said I will give you some advice, and you pay me what you think it is worth, the $64,000 subsequently offered being at that time a fortune. If you can make yourself do this then you've won the battle and can leave this course. What happens to most people is the opposite they start doing the trivial painless tasks, then just as they get to the point where then can finally face doing the important task they get blown off course by that urgent request or emergency. This is one of the key reasons why they don't ever get to start their dream project.
Do your list, prioritise the list, then steel yourself and actually do the nasty top priority job. Make this a habit and see how good it feels!
posted by Bhavani at
11:00 PM
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There is a small story which does the rounds of the internet, and the heading here reminded me of that. Here's what I remember about it :
A prof walks into a class with an empty beaker. He starts putting in stones into the beaker until its full. So he asks the class :"Can I put in more in here?" . The class replies " No".
The teacher then starts putting in small pebbles and sure enough they take up the spaces between the stones. He follows up with the same question. The answer a less sure "maybe", upon which he stars putting in sand - which again fills in the gaps left. Again he asks ... this time the kids are totally unsure, whereupon he starts pouring in water....
At the end of it he asks the class "So, what have you learnt?".
One kid answers "There is always space for more ?".
The teacher smiles and answers "Without putting in the big pieces first, you cannot put in the smaller pieces. Important things are the big pieces... do them first".
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Vibhu Rishi, at 11:49 PM
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