What do you have to do to be successful today?
Do you ever stop and consider this question? Do you ever think about this question at the beginning of the day. Personally, I know that once I get to work things seem to go crazy. I usually have several files that I would like to work on, but between meeting with prospects and current clients, answering the questions of my staff, and putting out the fires that flare up during the day, there are days that I go home exhausted and feeling like I did nothing that I set out to in the beginning of the day.
Sound familiar?
So what can you do today to make sure that it is a success? Pick only one major task that would make your day a success if you complete it. Write it down. Now you are focused on what you need to do to make sure that Today is a success. By knowing what your goal is you can make sure that your activities during the day are directed toward completing your target task.
By knowing what your necessary outcome is for the day to be a success, it makes focusing in on what comes up during the day easier to either disregard, delegate out, or put off until you have completed your other work. You just pass the newly important task through the filter of, “will performing this task help me to complete my goal of completing (blank) today?” If it will, then do it or make sure it gets done. If not, delegate the task or put it off until later.
Now, go make today a success!