Are you the master of your own disaster because of nothing more than your own darned inability to get your “right” things done? Yeah, me, too!
Why is it that almost all of us are so similarly afflicted? It’s not just procrastination, because we are almost always all busy and such. Nonetheless, most of the time, we seem to not be working on the most important things we need to do and we seem to not be working on them in the right order and the right way. Why?
To answer that, we need to talk about how to distinguish the right thing from all the other things available to do at any given moment. In my motivational book, Great! All the Time!, I set forth a universal definition of Greatness! that includes a definition of the right thing. One of the proofs of an allegedly universal definition is that it should apply universally. So, let’s see if it does.
In my motivational book, Great! All the Time!, in my universal definition of Greatness!, I define the “right” thing in 53 words.
The right thing is that which is best in the present circumstances for the optimal balance of the highest priority and the greatest number of those people, places, things, and ideas with whom and which we have relationships and to whom and which and for whom and which our values make us responsible.
Reread this definition another time or two and then we will proceed. Ready? Good.
Now, referring back to yesterday’s post of 5 “Gets” Any Business Must Get To Get Ahead, you know those “five” gets are:
- You must get known
- You must get called
- You must get hired
- You must get done
- You must get paid
And, if you own a small business, and you have gotten known, called, hired, and have paying work to get done, because you want to get paid; then what do you think is the right thing to do when you have paying work to get done.
The answer seems obvious doesn’t it? Whenever you have paying work do get done, get to it now and get your paying work done.
Why? Because the highest priority of person, place, thing, or idea in the present circumstance of having developed a relationship with a customer who is depending on you to get their paying work done is to get their paying work done. So get to it now!
Come back and read my next post and learn how to get to it now and get your customer’s paying work done as timely as feasible.
[reminder]How do you think is the best way to get paying work done first?[/reminder]