Here’s three adages that have helped me over the years:
1) Decide what you really want and the price you need to pay to get it. Then, resolve to pay that price.
In other words, if you want a degree, instead of telling all your friends as you’re swilling beer, “Oh yeah, I’m going to college next year” resolve that the “price” for college will be nights spent with the books and days spent in classes, instead of hanging out with your buddies.
Everything that is worth having has a time and/or money price involved and you must pay that price IN ADVANCE of achieving your goal. Dreaming about it is not the same as daily action.
2) If you are working a minimum wage job and want to be paid $15 an hour, do $15 an hour quality work. Doing the minimum will NOT get you any raise other than a cost of living one – but working beyond your wage will get noticed. If nothing else you will develop new skills and be able to transfer these skills elsewhere.
3) During the day, as you get caught in a number of activities, ask yourself, “What is the most valuable use of my time right now?” Then, focus on that activity.
Having said that, I’d better get off Piggington and back to work!
