Where to Begin?

This post epitomizes the age old "chicken or the egg" which came first conundrum for us, even before we offer our musing on the topic!

Meaningful Trainings is based in Elmira, NY. For fans of Mark Twain, you will recall he married Livy Langdon of Elmira, NY. Thus was created an indelible tie to our city. Using a Mark Twain quote as the practical demonstration of our concept asks us to recognize our motivation for doing so. Is it because we value the expressions of the author? Or is it because he feels like a local brethren? In the end, we default to the former with gratitude to the latter!

I became familiar with this quote at my third child's high school orientation. Read by a guidance counselor as a thought to be used as a tool (same as mine here) it thunderstruck my chest. The word "prioritization" jumped into my mind and there it has stayed.

When working with our partners this is a constant challenge amidst a waterfall of tasks and information. (The dirty secret never addressed is capacity but we'll explore that in a follow-up post.) With endless opportunities for frittering away our time in the face of our daily tasks, beginning is often difficult.

Begin we must though. And if I must choose, which task? The project? The quick to-do? Meaningful Trainings proposes tackling the most objectionable first. The one you most dread.

Huh? Yup, that one! Dig in. Pick up the phone. Write that report. Do it. Don't shuffle it down the list...again. Why? Accomplishment creates momentum. It's that simple. Conversely, delay tends to increase friction - a stickiness that deepens inaction.

So - which frog is it today?