Daily Lessons in Intentional Excellence
Saturday, December 20, 2025
Ready To Dance The Three-Step?
Value. Vision. Action . . . Step one. Step two. Step three.
Your climb to the top comes one intelligent step at a time. Think about each of your next steps before you take it.
Today's TQ Challenge: Don't Wait -- Schedule It Now!
The steps in your plan never schedule themselves. They don't automatically show up as the next thing to do. If you want to move your plans ahead, write each action step as an appointment in your calendar -- and dedicate an appropriate amount of time to get it done. If you don't reserve time for step-by-step planning in advance, everything else in your life will fill up the available time slots -- and your plans will never get completed.
"It's enough for you to do it once for a few men to remember you. But if you do it year after year, then many people remember you and they tell it to their children, and their children and grandchildren remember and, if it concerns books, they can read them. And if it's good enough, it will last as long as there are human beings."~ Ernest Hemingway
Think about it. How well and how often do you actually DO Make Plans Factor 5E?
"I integrate the steps of my plans into my schedule every day."
A high commitment (5E rated 8 or better) suggests you're serious about completing your plans and committed to achieving your goals. You know that you will never magically find the time if you don't carve it out. Therefore, you immediately schedule your plans directly into your calendar -- as an integral part of your basic planning process. By setting an appointment for each step, you guarantee that plans get all the time they deserve. You get started on time and make diligent progress on every plan created. You gain confidence from knowing you can achieve any goal -- by properly scheduling it into your day, week, month, year and 10 year time lines.
On the other hand...
A lack of commitment suggests you are someone who struggles to find the time to actually work your plans. While your plans may look beautiful on paper -- fully detailed and in precise chronological order -- they are nothing more than good intentions when you fail to give them the time required to be completed. You may delude yourself into believing that you will get to them sometime soon. However, without designating a specific time, each step has to compete with all other deadlines. This means your plans take longer than expected -- and force you to push back the deadlines for achieving your goals.
What happens when you CHOOSE to do Factor 5E a bit more frequently?
Every plan created is given specific times for it's step-by-step completion. You accumulate performance positives like "Dedicated, Proactive and Self-Determined" -- immediately moving you towards the results you expect.
What happens when you FAIL to consistently do Factor 5E?
Each time you fail to schedule a step, your plans fall further behind. Negatives like "Noncommittal, Reactive and Delayed" start to take their toll on your performance -- quickly moving you away from the success you want.
Now Ask Yourself This...
Is Factor 5E Causing You Problems?
If you believe this factor is a key performance obstacle -- and that it's preventing you from realizing your personal dreams and goals -- then you need to improve it.
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