Wouldn’t it be nice if you could avoid wrong turns in your life? If you could predict in advance the “right” job, investment or business? I laughed recently when I read that UPS drivers are instructed to make as many right turns as possible – avoiding the waiting that making left turns often requires. In fact, efficiency is so much a part of the UPS culture that 90% of their turns are to the right, as opposed to the left. UPS trucks drove 2.5 billion miles last year, but they estimate that by turning right whenever possible they saved over 28 million miles of driving and three million gallons of fuel.
Archive - October, 2008
What are you full of?
Yes, I know times are tough. I spoke at an event just outside of Washington DC last weekend and had a chance to talk to people who are wondering if there is any reason to be cheerful or optimistic.
As a Russian priest (1829 – 1908), Father John Sergiev first thought he wanted to be a monk in the remote areas of Siberia – but after a vision, he realized God wanted him to be a missionary right where he was – in the hustle and bustle of the big urban city of St. Petersburg. While most priests remained in the safe confines of their cathedrals, Father John would go out into the noisy, dirty, crime-ridden slums and back alleys of the city.
You Want "Good" or "Best?"
Here’s a classic description of the good being the enemy of the best.
Dan, I have subscribed to your weekly emailed newsletter and I read the emails but just don’t seem to act. I have many things going on in my life to make my financial ends meet; I own a duplex and have a small vending business as well as work a 40 hr a week job. They all make just enough to keep me from wanting to make a change. I feel if I try to start another venture however something else is going to get neglected to the point of failure. What can I do?
I Don't Have Enough Time??
The biggest deterrent I hear to starting a new business, writing a new book, becoming an expert in one area, or moving up the ladder of achievement in any way is – “I don’t have enough time.”
I just got the Nov/Dec issue of The Futurist magazine. In an article on How Americans Spend Their Time it reports a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics survey. Among other findings it shows:
Watching television remains the single most common and most time-consuming leisure activity among Americans. Both men and women spend an average of 2.6 hours per day surfing channels from the couch.
