Do It Now

No wonder Peter Drucker is considered one of the great teachers on leadership in our times. Listen to what he says. "A degenerative disease will not be cured by procrastination. It requires decisive action." He uses that to illustrate how we put off decisions that we know must be made. There are points of obsolescence in our lives and we just let them linger. They could be things that once worked very well for us, but their effectiveness has expired. We observe these items, relationships, or techniques that are now useless for long periods of time and do nothing. The fact that we continue to depend on people and methods that no longer get the job done is doing damage to our lives. Damage because we are wasting time that could be spent doing things that actually work. Damage because our growth is diverted while we stagnate using techniques that no longer fit where we are going. Damage because we are clinging to people that refuse to press into the future. Why is it so hard for us to act on situations that we know are not beneficial to us? Procrastination is a big part of the problem. We are going to do something about it tomorrow, and tomorrow never comes. Whatever the degenerative thing is that you are looking at, deal with it right now. If it needs to be eliminated then do it. If it needs to be adjusted then do it. There are things that hinder us and we cannot afford to let these hinderances continue. Do what must be done. If we do not take action, that unattended thing will continue to impact us in a negative way.

Work it out!