WHY YOU NEVER SEEM TO GET YOUR WORK COMPLETED

This short article that suddenly caught my interest, is one by Bob Proctor…

Have you ever noticed that you never seem to get your work completed. And of course, you shouldn’t if you are moving in the right direction. The task you are presently working on should cause your business to become more successful which in time, creates more work or more business.

Apparently, there are individuals who do not seem to realize this basic truth. One such person/perdaughter (borrow uncle Zubli’s conlang) was always harried and hurried and explosive because of the amount of work he thought he had to do. This individual was told by a psychiatrist to plan to do only six hours work in an eight-hour day and spend one day a week at the cemetery.

“What am I supposed to do in a cemetery?” asked the astonished victim of his own thinking.

“Nothing much”, said the psychiatrist. “Just look around, get acquainted with some of the people who are in there permanently. And, remember that they didn’t finish their work either. Nobody does, you know.”

Pretty good advice I’d say. There is an amusing twist to the psychiatrist suggestion but it would certainly make even a slow minded person think. Even the idea of planning to do only six hours work in an eight-hour day could be a wise advice for some people. I am familiar with many who do four hours work in what should be an eight-hour day, although they might take ten hours to do it because their mind is in a continual state of confusion.

My perception of the psychiatrist’s advice is quit rushing, work steady, be effective. There is always tomorrow. If you plan to be effective and you have your priorities straight, you will complete the important tasks and the others can wait. The main point of the good doctor was right on the money – the graveyard is full of people who never got everything done.