"I'm going to do it. . . tomorrow."
If you want to optimize your productivity, if you want to be competent, if you want to do something with your life, if you want to be somebody, then put that worn-out excuse away--banish it from your vocabulary, your will, your life, because it will get you nowhere fast. What you need to begin to think about, meditate on, bend your will toward, embrace like life itself is the power of TODAY.
TODAY--you will do the hard stuff first. Those taxes you have to do, that person you need to call, that contact who wants to collaborate with you on a major project--get on it TODAY.
TODAY--you will start to get stronger, healthier, start that exercise program you always wanted to do; ya, that one you've been telling all your friends about--the friends who know you're full of it because you've been a procrastinator your whole life. You're sick and tired of being sick and tired--start that exercise program TODAY.
TODAY--you're going to call that therapist you've been planning to, because you're tired of the same hangups with you or your relationship--that one that keeps you from fulfilling your potential, from being the person you were created to be. You're going to get on it TODAY.
TODAY--you're going to work on your mindset, the one that keeps you negative and in the dumps all day seeing the glass empty rather than full; the negativity that keeps you from pursuing your passions, from having great relationships, from getting close with your son or daughter or spouse. You're going to read How to Win Friends and Influence Others, or Chicken Soup for the Soul, or any other book you've thought pathetic in the past. You're going to check out Carol Dweck on YouTube and start changing your mindset TODAY.
TODAY--you're going to get that oil change in your car, the one you've wanted to get done for the past 5,000 kilometres but haven't had time to make an appointment for. Instead of worrying about your engine dying or running into problems with the lease on your vehicle, you're going to book that appointment TODAY.
TODAY--you're going to pursue that dream. You don't know how you're going to do it, but you are going to stop putting it off. It might be a song you've got to write down, that movie you've always wanted to produce, that rock album that you've had in your head for the past 5 years, that novel that's been sitting half-completed in your desk drawer for 10 years. You're going to start that dream TODAY.
TODAY--you're going to make resistance your enemy. You're going to look resistance in the eye and see it for the beast it is. You're going to curse it and make war with it--like Stephen Pressfield talks about in The War of Art. Resistance has been kicking your butt around for decades, preventing you from living your true potential, from living your dreams. You're going to put on the war paint, grab your sword, and go to battle TODAY.
TODAY--you're going to tell your spouse, your partner, your son, your daughter that you love them. You're going to praise your partner's cooking, the way he or she does that special thing that you've noticed but let go by without praise. You're going to remain silent no more--you're going to give that special person in your life the praise he or she deserves. You're going to do that TODAY.
TODAY--you're going to turn over that new leaf, start that new life, go on that new adventure; the one you've been telling yourself you would for years but never had the time or guts. You're going to start that new career, launch that new business or product, enter that relationship, reunite with that son or daughter or grandchild or old friend. You're going to do it TODAY.
TODAY is what makes history.
TODAY is what counts;
TODAY is the true breakfast of champions;
TODAY is where the rubber meets the road;
TODAY is the battlefield Napoleon and Churchill and Patton,
and all the other warriors waged;
TODAY is the difference that makes a difference;
TODAY is the centre stage of dreams;
TODAY is the altar of forgiveness;
TODAY is the start of a new life;
TODAY is the opening ceremony of your Olympic games;
TODAY is John Coltrane's saxophone;
TODAY is Tolstoy's War and Peace;
TODAY is Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX;
TODAY is your great novel;
TODAY is your Hallelujah Chorus;
TODAY is your new beginning;
TODAY is your road left travelled;
TODAY is your beat of a different drum.
TODAY--
Don't wait till tomorrow . . .
Tomorrow never comes.
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