To Do This Day

As soon as it begins, take control of your day. Decide in detail what you intend to do and commit to making it happen. If you sit around and wait for events and circumstances to pull you along, you'll end up getting nothing accomplished. If you have no firm and resolute plans, you'll waste all your time on meaningless distractions and interruptions. Certainly unexpected situations will come up that require your response.

Yet you can choose to respond from a position of power and control, rather than from a position of weakness and ineffectiveness. Decide what you will do with this day, and get busy doing it. Make a difference, establish a positive momentum, and get your goals accomplished. Time is here, right now, for you to use. Transform the passing time into lasting value by making effective use of it. This day is filled with great possibilities. Choose certain, specific ones, and make the effort that will make them happen.

-- Ralph Marston