Published by Robert A. & Vicki L. Prentice
January 17, 2005
Issue 129
From the Desk of Bob
We are marching into this year at full speed. How about you? Are you making the most of your time, talents, and abilities? I expect you are. Do you have great expectations for this year? Do you know what you want out of life? Do you have a plan of action to make it become a reality? What, if anything, is holding you back? Do you have a plan to overcome those roadblocks? Take the time this week to establish or reestablish your priorities. I assure you that you will be happier and ultimately have more joy.
Today, we are continuing the discussion we began last week on Mastering Personal Priorities.
Life Quotes
"Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least."
-von Goethe
"The things which are most important don't always scream the loudest." -Bob Hawke
"Review your priorities and ask the question: What's the best use of my time right now?"
-Alan Lakein
Seeds of Success: Priorities in Action
We live in a busy, even hurried day and age, to be sure, and that is precisely why we must start making our priorities really work for us, for this is actually the key to having greater success and happiness in life.
Once you have established the main key result areas of your life, such as Spiritual, Family, Career, Health, Financial, and so on, the next step is to begin the process of establishing priorities within those key result areas. To do this, make a list of goals and objectives within each of your key result areas, and place them in order of importance.
For example, my marriage is a key result area in my life, so I will begin to determine what my priorities are within my marriage. I know for sure that good communications is high on the list, especially as it relates to listening to my wife and hearing what she is sharing with me. Tuning in and trusting her intuition is another priority in my marriage. These, and many more priorities, are all listed in both our marriage plan and life strategies, and help to keep me on course, or bring me back to what's most important in our relationship, when I do get off track. These strategies must be working, because we have a strong and healthy marriage, even after 26 years.
Make sure you do not just set these priorities and forget about them. I encourage you to review them on a consistent basis. Share your priorities with those people you trust. Establish some accountabilities to make them become realities. I might add that writing down and or printing out your priorities and getting them out of your head and in front of you in black and white is also great mental therapy.
My Two Cents
Make the right kinds of decisions in your life. Be empowered in your decision-making. We will be digging into this subject in the next issue of Monday Morning Motivations.Tell your friends and neighbors and associates to sign up at our website. Have an incredible week. Build people up. Be an encourager.
God Bless and have an awesome week! Bob
