Wake Up!!!

I could give you many posts regarding how to get organized, how to set goals, and on and on and on, and I will do that in future posts. But as Stephen Covey put it - what if the ladder you're climbing toward a goal is up against the wrong building? The truth is that most of our actions on a day to day basis are unconscious. We aren't choosing what we do at a conscious level - we may be acting out things that we may have learned as children but have never thought about again as adults, or maybe we've formed habits that at one time were useful but are useless to us now. But every action we take has meaning not just for today but for the rest of our lives. If you've ever wondered why there are things you want for your life but you haven't done what would be necessary for those things to manifest, the answer probably is that you haven't had the time. Your time is taken up with all these unconscious behaviors. Here's an assignment that will help - spend one day just taking notes about what you are doing. Every hour stop and write down what you did in the hour before. The next day take a look at your notes and ask yourself what motivated you to take those particular actions and when you made the choice to do them. You will be amazed at how many hours you were just operating on unconscious habit.