Definitely plan your work
Some of us may think we're too depressed right now to start on a new
course of personal motivation. Or we're too angry. Or we're too upset
about certain problems.
But Napoleon Hill insisted that that's the perfect time to learn one of
life's most unusual rules: "There is one unbeatable rule for the mastery
of sorrows and disappointments, and that is the transmutation of those
emotional frustrations through definitely planned work. It is a rule
which has no equal."
Once we get the picture of who we want to be, "definitely planned
work" is the next step on the path. Definitely planned work inspires the
energy of purpose. Without it, we suffer from a weird kind of intention
deficit disorder. We're short on intention. We don't know where we're
going or what we're up to.
When I was a training instructor at a time-management company many
years ago, we taught people in business how to maximize time spent on
the job. The
primary idea was this: One hour of planning saves three hours of
execution.
However, most of us don't feel we have time for that hour of planning.
We're too busy cleaning up yesterday's problems (that were caused by
lack of planning). We don't yet see that planning would be the most
productive hour we spend. Instead, we wander unconsciously into the
workplace and react to crises. (Again, most of which result from a
failure to plan.)
A carefully planned meeting can take a third of the time that an
unplanned free-for-all takes. A carefully planned day can take a third of
the time that an unplanned free-for-all day takes.
My friend Kirk Nelson manages a large sales staff at a major radio
station. His success in life was moderate until he discovered the
principle of definitely planned work. Now he spends two hours each
weekend on his computer planning the week ahead.
"It's made all the difference in the world," he said. "Not only do I get
three times the work done, but I feel so in control. The week feels like
my week. The work feels like my work. My life feels like my life."
It is impossible to work with a definite sense of purpose and be
depressed at the same time. Carefully planned work will motivate you
to do more and worry less.
Some of us may think we're too depressed right now to start on a new
course of personal motivation. Or we're too angry. Or we're too upset
about certain problems.
But Napoleon Hill insisted that that's the perfect time to learn one of
life's most unusual rules: "There is one unbeatable rule for the mastery
of sorrows and disappointments, and that is the transmutation of those
emotional frustrations through definitely planned work. It is a rule
which has no equal."
Once we get the picture of who we want to be, "definitely planned
work" is the next step on the path. Definitely planned work inspires the
energy of purpose. Without it, we suffer from a weird kind of intention
deficit disorder. We're short on intention. We don't know where we're
going or what we're up to.
When I was a training instructor at a time-management company many
years ago, we taught people in business how to maximize time spent on
the job. The
primary idea was this: One hour of planning saves three hours of
execution.
However, most of us don't feel we have time for that hour of planning.
We're too busy cleaning up yesterday's problems (that were caused by
lack of planning). We don't yet see that planning would be the most
productive hour we spend. Instead, we wander unconsciously into the
workplace and react to crises. (Again, most of which result from a
failure to plan.)
A carefully planned meeting can take a third of the time that an
unplanned free-for-all takes. A carefully planned day can take a third of
the time that an unplanned free-for-all day takes.
My friend Kirk Nelson manages a large sales staff at a major radio
station. His success in life was moderate until he discovered the
principle of definitely planned work. Now he spends two hours each
weekend on his computer planning the week ahead.
"It's made all the difference in the world," he said. "Not only do I get
three times the work done, but I feel so in control. The week feels like
my week. The work feels like my work. My life feels like my life."
It is impossible to work with a definite sense of purpose and be
depressed at the same time. Carefully planned work will motivate you
to do more and worry less.
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