Procrastinate on Purpose

As we have been moving through the Focus Funnel, each stage has presented us with a critical question to answer. In the Eliminate stage, it was, “Is this task something I can live without?” In the Automate stage, it was, “Can this task be systematized?” In the Delegate stage, it was, “Can this task be performed by someone else?” If the answer to th

Your highest obligation to other people is to be your highest self. “If there is a loss of cabin pressure, put your mask on first then assist those around you.” You have to give yourself the permission to focus on and protect: you. Not because you are a jerk, but because you care. Not because you’re selfish, but because you aim to serve others. Not

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And there is a synonym for Procrastinate on Purpose and that is . . . patience. Patience is giving yourself time to breathe. Patience is giving yourself margin in your life and not trying to do everything. Patience is slowing things down. Patience is taking a moment to gather perspective. Patience is letting it sit while you focus on something bigg

Success is never owned; it is only rented—and the rent is due every day.

We haven’t given ourselves the permission to focus on our priority instead of theirs.

this story, yet many of us completely ignore the lesson of fishermen in our daily lives. That is, any level of skill is amplified by appropriate timing.

Until you accomplish your next most Significant priority, everything else is a distraction. That brings us to the critical question you have to always be asking yourself: “Is what I’m doing right now the next most Significant use of my time?” Is it the thing that is moving you toward creating the best results? Is it the thing that is moving you tow

What we have done is traded the things we know we should be doing for the things that other people want us to do. We have allowed ourselves to be commanded by the Tyranny of the Urgent into things that are not Significant, but they are in front of us. We have given in to the pressure of the incredible volume and noise of all the busy work simply be