Friday, December 4, 2009

It's Only ONE DAY, Right?

We hear these all the time...
Everywhere we go...
We've even said them!

"That little bit won't make a difference."

"It'll be faster/easier if I just do the minimum."

“I’ll take care of that tomorrow.”



After all, what’s ONE DAY, anyway??

One day…24 hours…1440 minutes…86,400 seconds

Only ONE DAY, right?

Not a big deal...or is it??


When John Maxwell was at the Seagate Center in Toledo, Ohio
this May promoting his book, Put Your Dream to the Test
I had the opportunity to speak with him privately...



...and I thanked him for "proving me right" at the end
of the seminar by recommending his book, Today Matters.
It's not only one of my all time favorites, but is THE Maxwell
book I consider a MUST read and have given/recommended
to friends and associates. (it's not the one he signed for me,
but that's a story for another day LOL)

Turns out, in all his "stuff", as he calls it, it's one of his personal
favorites, too, and away from "the maddenin' crowd", we had quite
a nice conversation about it.


In the early pages of the book, you'll find these words:

"The way you live today impacts your tomorrow."


Something to think about...
and worth repeating...

"The way you live today impacts your tomorrow."

How many times have you taken a short cut or neglected something
because it was...
· too hard
· too tedious
· too lengthy
· too __fill in the blank__
...only to find that you had to race around trying to "catch up"
or "fix" a problem that could have been avoided?

How many opportunities to be with or say something to someone?
And now it's too late.

How many regrets?

You can't change the past...

BUT

You CAN begin living in the realization that TODAY MATTERS

Because

"The way you live today impacts tomorrow!"


So...what are you doing TODAY?

What impact will it have on your tomorrow?

Think about it...

and as John says, keep reading his "stuff"


:)

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