As an American, I tend to live life without any margins. Urgent things get priority over important things for the simple reason that they are time sensitive and someone is screaming in my ear. This is a really bad situation: not only do my ears hurt, but if I redline my life long enough I eventually explode.
My friend Jay has helped me sort out how to make room for life. He boils it down to remembering four things:
- You have limits.
- All of your time will be spent.
- Urgent things will crowd out the important things…(unless)
- You get the important things into life first.
You have to make the decision to make the important the imperative. And then put it on your schedule.
