Deadline - interesting word isn't it when you stop and think about it. We are all working towards our own personal "dead" lines. That day when we decide enough is enough and off we go.

Given that we don't know when our personal deadlines actually are, it should be enough to make you get moving on those things that we say that we want to do and achieve, so we can make sure we actually finish at least some of them in time. Well it should, the trouble is our personal "dead" lines are just an arbitrary point somewhere in the future.

Which is why most people seem to have trouble getting started in a morning.

My question for you today - what would you do today if you knew that today was IT. That was it, no more second chances? Zip, zilch, no more extensions, you've had it buddy!! Would you still be tempted to fritter the day away - waiting for that moment? Would you run around doing everything you needed to do, wearing yourself out? Or would you be cruisy, doing the important things?

Of course it is up to you - everything is a choice. But one thing I have noticed is that if you have a real Deadline to work towards, you do get more done. You know what I mean - Your great Aunt Muriel is heading over for dinner, so you clean the house, the silver, the spare room cupboard, you vacuum, you cook dinner and all in the time it took you to get home from work and open the door to greet your guest. 

Now I am not saying that you should invite Great Aunt Muriel over every time the house needs a spruce up, but if you care to set some deadlines - ones that mean the world to you, you will get more done.

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