Do You Mean Now?

Do You Mean Now?

"Do you mean now?" Yogi Berra is one of my favorite philosophers. Looking for a laugh, I read some of his quotes. Wanting inspiration, I read some of his quotes. "Do you mean now" was the response he gave when asked for the time.

Funny out of the mouth of Yogi Berra, it's an important question to ask yourself when you are once again looking at that 'big hairy" project that's been on your "to do" list for two weeks already. And it was due last Friday. Actually ask the question of yourself. If your answer is, "Yes," action is required. NOW!

Procrastination is a big word that often gives you an excuse to do just that. You admit to yourself that you are a procrastinator. You accept it too readily. Should the truth be known, people spend far more energy on procrastinating than they would if they just hunkered down and finished the task. Procrastination opens the door in your mind to believing the task is much more difficult and time consuming than it really is.

Here's a challenge for you. The next time you have put something off far too long. Just do it. Get it done. However, time how long it takes you to finish. Then consider how difficult it was to accomplish as compared to what you had imagined it would be. Chances are you'll discover it took less time and it wasn't really difficult at all.

Do you mean now? Yes, now.