Daily Lessons in Intentional Excellence
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Are You Keeping Your Priorities Foremost?
Always keep the principle, "Most Important Things First," uppermost in your mind. Doing this will make it easy to say "No" to the less important. Schedule your week around your most important goals.
Focus on #1 First! "The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook." William James
Today's TQ Challenge: Preview ALL Goals -- Choose Most Rewarding to Focus on Each Week.
You can't work on all of your goals at the same time. However, you can remain accountable to all of them by reviewing each one -- at least once a week. Compare how important and time-sensitive each goal is to the others. Then make a deliberate choice for what you will work on, and what must wait until later. By proactively selecting your most important objectives, you establish priorities for the week -- and a clear purpose for your next seven days.
"To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action until the goal is reached. The key is action."~ Michael Hanson
Think about it. How well and how often do you actually DO Prioritize Factor 6B?
"I preview all my goals and choose the most important ones to focus on each week."
A high commitment (6B rated 8 or better) suggests you are someone who never loses sight of what you want to accomplish each week. By periodically reviewing the goals for every area of your life, you make sure that none vanish from view, or suffer from lack of attention. You know that you can't work on all of your goals simultaneously. Therefore, you select those that win out in both priority and urgency for the week. Realizing that each of your other goals are clamoring for their turn next, you are highly motivated to complete this week's goals so that you can move other long term goals closer into view.
On the other hand...
A lack of commitment suggests you are too busy reacting to immediate demands to focus on what you really want. There was the book you were going to write, the garden you were going to plant and the new sales territory you were going to open. But who can think of these things when there's so much to be done right now? Weeks fly by in a flash, and they all begin to look the same. With a short sighted, day-by-day view on what needs to get done next, you rarely find the extra time to work on those special projects -- and entire parts of your life disappear from view.
What happens when you CHOOSE to do Factor 6B a bit more frequently?
You have a self-initiated purpose and a goal to achieve each week. You accumulate performance positives like "Selective, Fulfilled and Deliberate" -- immediately moving you towards the results you expect.
What happens when you FAIL to consistently do Factor 6B?
Many important areas of your life never get the attention they deserve. Negatives like "Habitual, Unthinking and Negligent" start to take their toll on your performance -- quickly moving you away from the success you want.
Now Ask Yourself This...
Is Factor 6B 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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