Are You Living an Urgent Life or an Important Life?

10 years are achieved one year at a time, one month at a time, day by day, and minute by minute. Are you spending every minute doing what's urgent or what is important and has life-changing effects?

In the next 10 years, we will spend them doing something. It can be something Epic that can change the course of history or it can be spent just tending to urgent matters.

Nothing worth working for will ever seem urgent. That’s the nature of important goals. They don’t demand attention right now. They require a sense of purpose, a clear direction, and consistency over the long haul.

"Too often the need to make money (urgent) wins out over the desire to build something we’re proud of (important). Too often the urge to find a way to lose twenty pounds in six weeks (urgent) wins out over becoming the type of person who doesn't miss workouts (important). Too often the craving to be noticed or appreciated (urgent) wins out over the... See more

"We all have urgent tasks each day — a phone call we have to take, an email we need to respond to, a sick friend we have to help — but having a clear purpose and a specific goal allows you to get right back to what is important after you respond to the everyday emergencies. A SPECIFIC GOAL gives you direction and prevents you from being sucked into... See more

Too often the need to make money (urgent) wins out over the desire to build something we’re proud of (important). Too often the urge to find a way to lose twenty pounds in six weeks (urgent) wins out over becoming the type of person who doesn’t miss workouts (important). Too often the craving to be noticed or appreciated (urgent) wins out over the ... See more

How to shift your focus to things that are IMPORTANT:

DESIRES vs. GOALS:Desires are thoughts that can be motivated by social media or others. The way we want to look, the house we may want, and so on. Goals are a set of specific tasks that we need to accomplish and put into a system in order to accomplish what we think is IMPORTANT. 100 pushups a day, a chapter a day, no alcohol during the week, 8 gla... See more

Pick one thing that's important to you, set a specific goal for yourself, and get started today.Never leave your dreams unfulfilled.