Today Matters - Priorities

... Continuing with excerpts from Today Matters, by John C. Maxwell...

Time is our most precious commodity ...

• To know the value of one year ... ask the student who failed the final exam.
• To know the value of one month ... ask the mother of a premature baby.
• To know the value of one week ... ask the editor of a weekly newsmagazine.
• To know the value of one day ... ask the wage earner who has six children.
• To know the value of on hour ... ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
• To know the value of one minute ... ask the person who missed the plane.
• To know the value of one second ... ask the person who survived the accident.
• To know the value of one millisecond ... ask the Olympic silver medalist.

We cannot change time, only our priorities ...

• No one gets more time. There are 1,440 minutes in a day. No matter what you do, you won't get more today.
• Time is unemotional, uncontrolled, unencumbered. It moves forward regardless of circumstances .

We cannot do everything ...

• "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists of the elimination of nonessentials." - Lin Yutang, Chinese author and philosopher.
• You have to choose.

Priorities help us to choose wisely ...

• "The reason most goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first." - Robert J. McKain, author.

Managing the disciplines of priorities

• Evaluate priorities daily.
• Plan your time carefully.
• Follow your plan.
• Delegate whenever possible.
• Invest in the right people daily.