Three Men and a Boat - 15th April 2007
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Well as some of you will know I spent my weekend rowing down the
Thames in a Skiff,
If you’ve seen the TV program “3 men in a boat” it’s true that the boats
really aren’t very big!!!
As you can imagine there is not much to do in a skiff but row,
chat and think.
By the end of the trip I had hundreds of ideas about what to write
about
But then I realised it was the fact I had had hundreds of thoughts that
was the most interesting observation
Yes not a few thoughts but hundreds
Not thoughts that I have every day, but different stuff.
Yes stuff I was never going to think about in the normal chaos of my
life.
Yes I had some thoughts about solutions to problems like I have all the
time.
But more interestingly I had thoughts about, what was important and
what I want from life.
Or in work speak, thoughts about what my objectives and goals
should be
So I did some research and found
That you have a different thought every 11 seconds and most of
these are to solve immediate problems.
So I guess its not surprising that I forget to think about what my goals and objectives are
So here my thought, if you’re like me you’ve kind of forgotten it, even though you know how good an idea it is.
Take time every week to think!
Yes take 15 to 30 minutes every week to think.
Not about how to get over those obstacles in projects or with people
But to think about what your goals and objectives are
Not the ones other people have set you but your goals and objectives
Why do you have them?
How are you going to achieve them?
So I’m off to put 30 minutes thinking time into my calendar and I reckon its worth it weight in gold and I'm going to give myself a treat every time I do it.
Till next week, have some great thoughts about how to reach your goals.
Regards David G
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If you want to read the book of 3 men in a boat you can find it from Amazon here. If you want to know where to hire a skiff then send me a email and I'll forward you some details.
