It’s been something like six weeks since I last posted. And yet, I’ve already mentioned how I think these are the most important thing when it comes to both my business and, probably, my life. But I haven’t been doing them!
Sure, I could say that I’ve been busy, which is true. I’ve also had other things going on in my personal life that have caused me to be both busier and less productive while working.
But if something is truly “the most important thing,” shouldn’t it come before literally anything else?
The answer is clearly ‘yes’.
Maybe I should revisit why it’s the most important thing. Let’s make a list, shall we?
- It focuses my mind and efforts on productivity, growth, and improvement.
- It reminds me of past goals, thoughts, methods, and efforts which helps those things contribute more to improvement.
- It’s about the only time and place where I really work through difficult problems in a clear, productive, and concrete way, and then holds me accountable to my conclusions.
- It clears up what I need to be focusing my time and efforts on in order to achieve my goals.
- It makes me more productive, even in the short term (such as that day).
It seems to me that without this, I’m simply going day-to-day, performing routine tasks as they come up without any guidance or thought. Honestly, I suspect that’s how the vast majority of people live their lives.
But I don’t want to do that! I’m still young, and any investments I make in self-improvement now will pay off over the course of the majority of a lifetime. It’s more important that I do them now than ever.
It really is critical that I do this regularly. Even to the point where I can be neglecting other responsibilities and projects to do it. If it is the most important thing, then it needs to come first, or else everything else ultimately suffers.
And realistically, it’s not very hard or all that time-consuming, and it makes me feel better to do it. So there’s no reason not to!