In thinking about today’s theme, I began pondering other areas where I write down things so that I am sure not to forget them. This led me to the preparation of grocery shopping lists. The twist came when I considered the relative importance of certain items on the shopping list. I thought, “what items, if I were I to leave the store without them, would most certainly prompt a return visit to the store to purchase them?” Would it be the milk? the bread? the bathroom tissue? The items that would prompt a return visit are, from my perspective, the most critical ones on that list.
If we make a list of goals for the day or the week, just like our shopping list, which goals must be accomplished today? Especially if, like my lists of goals, there are more items every day than time to accomplish them all. What goals, if we look back at our list at the end of the day, or the end of the month, or the end of the year, were the most important to accomplish? Did we accomplish the most important things on our list? Or did we spend too much time on the less important items?
By considering the relative importance of each goal or task that we strive to accomplish, we have a better chance of achieving what is really important to us in whatever we do.
RJ Clement
Entrepreneur