The Time to Act is Now

The Time To Act Is NowToday, challenge yourself to take one or more positive action steps in the right direction pursuing your 2015 personal and professional goals. Alternative choices are to dwell on what’s happened in the past (yesterday) or to procrastinate by being fretful and anxious about the future (tomorrow,) neither of which will improve the current condition of your business or life.

The following quote is attributed to Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism…
“If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.” Lao Tzu

Two thousand five hundred years later, these words still hold true and apply in areas of life not even imaginable by Lao Tzu. Take the Seattle Seahawks for example… Oh come on… after yesterday’s come from behind win against the Green Bay Packers, is there anything else worth writing about?

The Seahawks were down 19-7 with three minutes left in the NFC Championship Football Game. I’m guessing that nearly everyone (myself included) thought this game was going to be the end of the Seahawks football season. On the football field where it really mattered, there were a group of players and coaches who chose instead to live in the present and focus on executing the next play at hand. This team never gave up because time was still left on the clock, never dwelled on the past 57 minutes of play nor did they get anxious about what they couldn’t control. Living in the present of each play is what enabled the Seahawks to advance to Super Bowl XLIX. #GOHAWKS!

Using this metaphor and applying it to your business and life, what can you do today to “move the chains forward?” Assuming you already have a 2015 plan in place, try living today without concern for yesterday or tomorrow and simply get something done! Make today (and everyday) a day of more action and less talk. #JUSTDOIT!

Small Business Owner Master Academy
Developing more control over your business, life and time is what participants will walk away with after attending my upcoming Master Academy for small business owners. The academy runs on 4 consecutive Friday afternoons, and starts on January 30th. Registration closes in 4 days. Click on this link to learn more about the academy, register and pay.

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