 Ever find yourself thinking about a great intention, such as making a date with someone special in your life, only to realize later that you didn’t do it? We have to accept the fact that most of us are living incredibly busy lives with so much to accomplish in any given day, week, month, or year. We definitely know that we don’t want to end up on our death bed thinking about all the things we didn’t get done. This means that we can’t just rely on our ability to remember to do something, we have to learn and use a process to help us get it done.Back in the 1990s I went through the latest leadership training craze at the time, Stephen R. Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” and to be honest; it changed my life! Not only did I complete the leadership training as a corporate manager at the time, but I also began to teach the methodology to anyone who would stop and listen to me. This “third person teaching” helped me live the principles. One of the things I learned in that training was the importance of making time for what is most important in our lives first, then letting every else fill in around those important things. In the multi-day Covey training, they actually put us through an exercise that forced us to imagine what it might be like knowing we were going to die within a few yours. It changed my perspective completely! Watch this video that illustrates what I’m talking about here (CLICK HERE).  Today I still live these concepts and pass out copies of this great book to my friends. Over on my Cooperative Kids Facebook page(Click Here) in this month of February, I’m offering my followers “14 Days of Tips for Loving Your Child.” Today’s tip is about scheduling in dates with your children before your week fills up. If you’re reading this fresh, it’s a Sunday and tonight would be a good time for you to sit down and schedule in dates with those you love the most! If you do it, leave a comment on this post to let me know you did! |
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