Tag: success

The missing piece of the jigsaw

Posted on by philipdodson

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Today I have been doing a 1000 piece jigsaw with family, something we haven’t done with the kids since they were little, and those jigsaws were of Engie Benjy, Jollop and Dan (and more like 10 pieces).

So the thing that struck me from this is, firstly a 1,000 piece jigsaw is extremely hard, but the missing bit of the jigsaw in life is just do the simple, fun things, with the people who matter.

Do not stress about all the other shit, that we more often than not, can not control.

This Sunday, I’ve been for a walk in the snow with the dog, visited my Mum for a cup of tea, started building a massive jigsaw with the family and as I am writing this I’m making a roast dinner for all of us.

Life is great, happiness is simple, enjoy each day.

Find all the pieces to your jigsaw before it is too late.

Don’t do today, what can be done tomorrow

Posted on by philipdodson

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We are taught to never put off, always do it today, get it done etc.

Procrastination is seen as a bad thing.

It is.

Well only for the things that matter.

So the question isn’t whether to procrastinate or not, it is what to procrastinate on. We have to accept that there is not enough time to do all the things that we want to do.

However, most of the success in anything actually comes from doing less, but the things we do, need to be the ones that are going to make the biggest difference.

So look at your list, and if it is not going to make a difference, then procrastinate on it, not just for a few days, but permanently. It’s easy to spot what to procrastinate on, if it has been on the list a while, and nothing good or bad has occurred from not doing, then probably best to put it off for good.

Then for ones that make a difference, the few tasks, then grade them from most important to least and then procrastinate on the least for a while, allowing time to get the really important tasks done.

This is a hard habit to build, but life is all about forming the hard to form habits, and sticking to them.

Put off the unimportant, forever.