TIP 35
ASK YOURSELF, “WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT TODAY?”
The present is the point of power.
It is easy to become so preoccupied that you forget what really matters most. When a reporter asked Peter Lynch, the super-successful fund manager, why he left his high-powered job at Fidelity, he said, “When I am on my deathbed, I’m not going to be saying, I wish I had spent more time at the office.” He wanted to pack lunch for his two daughters and be there while they were growing up.
Before you get caught up in your work every morning, ask yourself these three questions and take a few minutes to jot down the answers:
1. What is important about today?
2. What must get done today?
3. What is important about the future?
By asking yourself, ...
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