Personal growth: The best day of the week to accomplish goals November 1, 2018
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Goal Setting and Realization.Tags: accomplishing goals, goal setting, life, philosophy, psychology, self-actualization, setting goals, the importance of today, writing
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It might be that certain days of the week are better than others for accomplishing specific self-actualization goals, but the reality is that the best day on the week for working on most goals is…
…the day we are living in right now, today.
Obviously it cannot be yesterday, yet how often we tend to revisit yesterday with “if only” or, “I should have.”
Intellectually we know we cannot change the past, but we still enjoy revisiting it.
And for procrastinators, among whom I include myself, tomorrow can be very appealing.
But, as Abraham Lincoln is reported to have said, “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
Each of us knows all of this; we just need to remind ourselves of the true importance of today.
Dennis Mellersh
Personal development: Waiting hopefully for opportunities October 5, 2018
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Goal Setting and Realization.Tags: achieving goals, action steps, getting things done, goal setting, inspiration, life, opportunity, philosophy, psychology, self-actualization, writing
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In our efforts to improve ourselves, whether in financial matters, emotional balance, or adding to our accomplishments in general, we may turn to such assists as affirmations, statements of intent and purpose, and goal planning in order to succeed.
Essentially, we are looking for opportunities.
And the key process lever for prying loose those opportunities is action.
Why is action so important?
Because the opportunities made available to us, or sent our way, do not wake-up those who are asleep. (1)
We ensure that we are awake and alert to incoming opportunities by making sure we take action steps towards our goals and do not spend excessive time in planning and other non-action steps.
Planning and similar activities are important, but usually comfortable.
Taking action is hard, and scary.
But it’s the only route to really getting things done.
(1) Paraphrased from a quote by Richard Templar
Dennis Mellersh
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