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The Main Thing Is To Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing
Sir Edward Gibbon, the English Enlightenment historian who wrote The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, observed that, ”All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.” Our quest therefore should be to seek constant improvement and progress in everything we do. The problem, however, is that we often seem to have too many things to do at any one time and end up leaving many things half done, half baked or not done at all. Unable to see the woods for the trees we leave many a project or good intention to whither on the vine. That is especially true of the aspiring Internet marketer who is trying to set up a home business while maintaining a day job and running a home and family. Sound familiar? Earlier this week I received my monthly DVD and CD package from Success University. The CD presentation by Albert Mensah was called The Secrets To Effective Goal Setting. Success University students can also hear the talk online as part of SU’s life-enhancing streaming video and audio courses. During his talk Albert said the key is to prioritize, and the way to do that is to remember that, The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. Pretty neat, eh? It reminds me that a few months ago I was reading Steven Covey’s bestselling “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and how he advises that you plan your whole week and use a four-part prioritizing system, Important/Urgent
Important/Not Urgent
Not Important/Urgent
Not Important/Not Urgent In terms of “keeping the main thing the main thing,” the main thing is actually number 2, Important/Not Urgent - those things are all your big projects, you know the great ambitions you have that always get put off by number 1, 3 and 4. I was impressed with Covey’s ideas at the time. But at the end of last year I bought a day-diary, thinking that I could plan my day in great detail. That was a non-starter. Instead, I ended up with lists that were half completed and then forgotten once the day ended and the page was turned… I went out on Monday and bought a week planner - and from next week I’ll try to put Covey’s suggestions into practice in order to restore focus to my “main thing”! Interestingly, Covey’s books and his son’s spin-off products, a series of up-market designer schedules and filofaxes with diaries designed to accomodate Covey’s system and with a quotation from one of his books on each page, have become popular in Japan. Tokyu Hands, the famous Japanese gadget-packed hobby, home improvement and lifestyle department store started stocking them towards the end of last year, and one of my students asked me to accompany him to the store to help him choose a suitable one for his needs. Apparently it has proved very effective in helping him focus on his “main thing” and get the rest of his act together too! Well, I hope that my new week planner will arrest my retrogradation and help me to get back into “advance mode” with my “main thing(s)” …
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