Make your day count Pt. VIII: Finding the time to read

Interruptions tend to be urgent. Urgent things screams for action. The problem with books is that they don't ring. For example, let's say you have a book that you desire to read. And you never seem to have the time to read it. The book sits on your night stand staring at you every night before you retire. And you have feelings of guilt and frustration, wondering when you will ever have the time to read.
On the other hand, the telephone rings, and of course, you have to answer it because it might be an emergency. But of course, it rarely is. So you pick up the phone and talk for 45 minutes. But why don't you spend the 45 minutes reading your book? Because books don't ring. But when you plan your activities according to the priorities that you have set and put reading time into quadrant II, you are making the book ring. BTW, you don't have to answer the telephone. Invest in a good answering machine and return the calls at your leisure.

Comments

[Mike Pope]

Pastor - So true.

Sometime we tend towards the urgent versus the important. Why is it that some people focus on the important..ie reading, listening to CDs,praying.., and some focus on the urgent.

The question is Who is in control You or the circumstance?

Proactive or Reactive?

People do exactly what they want to do.

We all have 1440 minutes in a day to spend how we want. Once their gone their gone.

The important thing is to keep the important thing the important thing.

MP

[Al Jennings]

good stuff Mike.