Today's TQ

Daily Lessons in Intentional Excellence
Thursday, October 23, 2025

You Know What To Do, But Do You Know "By When?"

After you have identified what is most important to you, establish specific deadlines for making it real.

Set deadlines for this week's top priorities. This moves those tasks from the Never-Never Land of Someday into the specific Here & Now.

Today's TQ Challenge: Make Time for What You Want.

Choose to be DEDICATED! Are you having difficulty committing to a deadline? Why?
Choose to be FULFILLED! If you're having trouble committing to a deadline, how high on your priority list is this task for you?
Choose to be SATISFIED! What else do you need to do to meet tomorrow's deadlines?

You will never magically have more time for what you want. If you want to spend more time on what's most important to you, you have to make the time. You must learn to carve out "prime" time from all the other demands in your life. It really comes down to this, "How much do you want it?" When you focus your time on what's most rewarding to you, your life will be more fulfilling.

"Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal." ~ Vince Lombardi

Think about it. How well and how often do you actually DO Prioritize Factor 6E?

"I purposely find ways to spend more time each day on what's most important to me."

A high commitment (6E rated 8 or better) suggests you are headed in the right direction -- spending more time each day on what you value most. You know what's most important to you, and monitor your activities to make sure you have enough time for top priorities. You remain responsible to existing obligations, while at the same time implementing specific plans to give you more time for the things you value most. Your life is more rewarding, because you invest time in those things that matter the most to you. You reject everything else.

On the other hand...

A lack of commitment suggests you can take delayed gratification to the extreme. You allow your day to be dictated TO you, instead of created BY you. You write required appointments on your calendar, but rarely enter deadlines for your goals. Instead, you wait and hope that someday you'll have more time to get started. Of course your dreams, goals and personal projects are important to you, but there's just not enough hours in a day to get to them. Your life is less rewarding than it could be, simply because you burn time on things that have little inherent value to you.

What happens when you CHOOSE to do Factor 6E a bit more frequently?

Today, you are closer to living your ideal life than you were six months ago. You accumulate performance positives like "Gratified, Fulfilled and Growing" -- immediately moving you towards the results you expect.

What happens when you FAIL to consistently do Factor 6E?

You're no closer to living the life of your dreams than you were ten years ago. Negatives like "Frustrated, Unfulfilled and Dispassionate" start to take their toll on your performance -- quickly moving you away from the success you want.

Now Ask Yourself This...
Is Factor 6E 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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