THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Self management

"Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power." - Lao Tzu

TOPIC OF THE DAY

A Better Way to Manage Your To-Do List

When my wife Eleanor was a little girl, maybe nine or ten years old, she needed new shoes. So she told her mother and they agreed to go shoe shopping the following Saturday morning. But when Saturday rolled around, Eleanor's mother was too busy and realized she wasn't going to be able to fit in the shoe-shopping trip. So she told Eleanor they'd have to do it later.

"When?" Eleanor asked.

"Sometime this weekend," her mom responded.

"When this weekend?"

"Tomorrow."

"When tomorrow?" Eleanor persisted.

"How about two in the afternoon?"

At that, Eleanor relaxed. "Sounds great! Thanks, mom."

And, sure enough, at 2 pm the following day, Eleanor and her mom went to buy new shoes. The shopping trip that would not have happened had Eleanor not insisted on knowing exactly when they were going to go.

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