Twelve months ago I was cruising; I had worked out what my ideal life looked like, down to the how the day felt. I could smell the grass and the dew on my morning run.
Little did I know three weeks later I would be facing a very different reality.
The first step to being able to focus on your real priorities is to become aware of what those priorities are – which is what you have just done. Once you are aware, you will begin to notice the times you aren’t aligned with your real priorities and have the opportunity to make a choice in how you invest your time and energy.
To discover how to do this, read on...
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They already somehow know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” - Steve Jobs, Stanford University Commencement Speech 2005
That was my AH-HA moment.