Leadership expert and author John Maxwell said his father used to tell him, in life, you either pay now and play later or play now and pay later.
In case you don’t get the gist of this statement, it simply means the way you spend your time everyday is important.
As you cannot sow wheat and expect to reap grapes, so it is that the individual who does not use his or her time properly cannot expect to reap fruitful dividends at the end of the day.
Life is such that the individual who desires success must make a conscious effort at spending quality time everyday in the direction of his or her goals. Time management is key to distinguishing the disciplined individual from the undisciplined.
Take for instance an accomplished athlete in any field. What the world sees on the field of play is the result of several weeks, months and even years of disciplined practice on a daily basis.
The background work that leads to success is what many are unfortunately unwilling to undertake but still expect somehow that magic would work and they would become like the winner someday.
How further could that be from the truth! If you have a goal to attain success or wealth or fame or achievement in any field of endeavour, you must have a detailed written plan of action.
Putting this action plan in writing is a first sign of accomplishment because it also takes a lot of time and effort to get it done.
Thereafter, the next thing to do is to assign timelines to each action plan and ensure to work within those time lines to reach each milestone of achievement.
As you do this, you begin to get excited and before long, your achievements are visible for all to see. That is when the world takes notice and commendations come from all angles on your efforts.
Take note that everyone born into this world is given 24 hours everyday for free. How you decide to use those 24 hours is entirely up to you; however, the beauty of life is those who use theirs productively will always have a happy tale to tell at the end while those who use theirs unproductively would also have tales to tell at the end but of a sad type.
As one cannot reverse the hands of time to change already done deeds of the past, one can learn from them and begin to use their daily time productively to achieve desired results.
At the start of everyday, you can choose what you want to do from your action plan. At the end of that day, you should also commit to accounting for your use of time so you know if you are headed in the right direction.
I end by once again restating an important fact: successful individuals use their time well. There are those who are well engaged even for the rest of this year up till 2012.
If you ever come in contact with such an individual, you would notice they hardly have time for frivolities because to them every second is important.
Use your time well based on a well defined action plan towards your goal if success, achievement or fame or accomplishment in any field of endeavour is your ultimate goal in life.
There you have another wealth secret!
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