Sense of Urgency
Charles, one of my long-time mentors, posed a great question: “What is it that you’re doing over two weeks that you can’t do tomorrow?”
I had to think about this for a minute before realizing that this is a wonderful way to approach situations that are important, but not urgent. We often neglect those activities (“I’m too busy; I’ll do it next week”), and suffer because next week becomes the following week, then the next, etc.
Even though something important may not be deadline driven, create a sense of urgency around it so that you don’t procrastinate indefinitely.
