Microsoft Word new frog text doc

"What are the potential consequences of doing
or not doing this task?"
Rule: "Future intent influences and often determines present actions."
The clearer you are about your future intentions, the greater
influence that clarity will have on what you do in the moment. With a
clear long-term vision, you are much more capable of evaluating an
activity in the present and to assure that it is consistent with where
you truly want to end up.

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Think about the Long Term
Successful people are those who are willing to delay gratification and
make sacrifices in the short term so that they can enjoy far greater
rewards in the long term. Unsuccessful people, on the other hand,
think more about short-term pleasure and immediate gratification
while giving little thought to the long-term future.
Dennis Waitley, the motivational speaker, says, "Failures do what is
tension relieving
while winners do what is 
goal achieving."
For example, coming in to work earlier, reading regularly in your
field, taking courses to improve your skills, and focusing on high
value tasks in your work will all combine to have an enormous
positive impact on your future.
On the other hand, coming in to work at the last moment, reading the
newspaper, drinking coffee and socializing with your coworkers may
seem fun and enjoyable in the short-term but it inevitably leads to
lack of promotion, underachievement and frustration in the long-
term.
If there is a task or activity with large potential positive
consequences, make it a top priority and get started on it
immediately. If there is something that can have large potential
negative consequences if it is not done quickly and well, that
becomes a top priority as well. Whatever your frog is, resolve to gulp
it down first thing.

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Motivation requires 
motive
. The greater the positive potential impact
that an action or behavior of yours can have on your life, once you
define it clearly, the more motivated you will be to overcome
procrastination and get it done quickly.
Keep yourself focused and forward moving by continually starting
and completing those tasks that can make a major difference to your
company and to your future.
Remember, the time is going to pass anyway. The only question is
how you use it and where you are going to end up at the end of the
weeks and months. And where you end up is largely a matter of the
amount of consideration you give to the likely consequences of your
actions in the short term.
Thinking continually about the potential consequences of your
choices, decisions and behaviors is one of the very best ways to
determine you true priorities in your work and personal life.