You never gather some new material and start building a house not knowing what kindof house you are going 0 build o when i ing tobe: finshed. Unfortunately when t comes to your days. you tend todo the opposite.
A story is told of two men were out chopping Wood. One man worked hard ll day , took no breaks, and oly stopped briefly fo lunch. The ather ma took several breaks during th day and a short nap a lunch. At the end of th day he man who had aken no breaks was quite disturbed fo sce thatthe other man had cut more wood than he had. He said don understand . Every ime looked around you were siting down. Vel you ut more wood than di His companion asked Did you aso notice thet while I as sitting down, 1 es sharpening my xe
Sharpening he axe is equal 1 planing yous day. The lol tha successful people us to motivate themselves is ther daly plan. 1 oder obe productive and to extract as much profi from each day they plan out ther day in advance . Maintaining the practice of having a daily plan can help you stay focused on th priorities of that particular day You ae likely to ge more things accomplished if you wite down yout plan for the day: Howard Coonley says The executive of th future will berated by is bit o anticipate his problems rather than fo meet them as they come. n addition. Planning your day can minimize engagements with happiness and growth:
He Who every morning plans the transactions of the day and follows out that plan caries a thread that wil guide him through the labyrinth ofthe mst busy fe. Th orderly artangement of his ime is ke a ay of fe which darts self ough all is occupation Bul where no plan i laid Where the disposal of time is surrendered merely 10 the chance of incident, chaos wil soon eig'says Vicor Hugo.
Aways remember thousands of Engineers can design ridges, calculate strain &. Stresses and draw up specifications for machines but the reat Engineer i the man who can tel whether the bridge or the machine should be but at al, where i should be and when.
Thee is a saying The man who i prepared has his battle half fought * Each day is a blank page i the bool of your if I's oly your planing hat determines th success of the book - ithe a bestseller or a waste The choice is yours.
ASHOK MAHAIAN
Diector, Rotary International (2007.09)
Trustee The Rotary Foundation (2000-13)