Tag: doing

We’ve had thousands of chances

Posted on by philipdodson

Most of us by the time we reach adulthood have had thousands of days of life to try things.

Yet we often sit and say I haven’t had a chance to do ‘x’ or try ‘y’ or whatever we’ve been putting off.

If we don’t start taking some of those chances then another few thousand opportunities to do something will have passed.

The unfortunate thing for all of us is we don’t know how many days we have left and they will for sure run out.

The sooner we start doing things and trying, testing, the sooner we learn, adapt and find out what works, and then what works better.

How many more chances will we waste before just trying something?

Why deny ourselves the learning we need to become a better version of ourselves?

The sun sets on all of our lives.

If you had just one day

Posted on by philipdodson



Prioritising what thing to do first is always a challenge.

But what if you had just more day before a long holiday?

What would you do first?

Would you tidy up all the icons on your desktop? Would you clear up your bookshelf in the office? Would you straighten up a picture on the wall? Would you change the font on your website? Or would you do something that propelled you closer to your goals? Something that led to a new customer signup? and so on.

Ok, so a little loaded.

But, the point is, the more time and options we give ourselves, the more likely we will seek refuge in the easy and not so important tasks to feel busy.

If it is important it will be challenging and it will create some fear of starting it.

Those are the things that we could choose to start first every day.

It is a choice and choosing it leads to change, and it becomes an addictive habit once we realise we are getting closer and closer to our goals and seeing better results.

Shorten the time horizons whenever you can, lessen the options to choose from and get more done.