Low Priority Distractions: Short-circuiting my tendency to avoid high impact priorities!

I often catch myself being busy instead of purposeful!

I don't want to do this; I intend to work on the high priorities.?

This is a costly, foolish and avoidable mistake.

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Yet, despite considerable effort, I’m still frequently drawn to the mundane small tasks in an effort to avoid having big impact.

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That’s not really right though is it.?I’m not avoiding big impact, because I want it.

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So, knowing my own human nature, I take steps to short-circuit my short-sighted behaviors.

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I relentlessly update my main operating system code with this loop.

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Am I just busy? Or am I highly productive? The latter requires doing the right things! Things that have lasting impact?

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The unstated intimation is that I should immediately STOP whatever I’m doing if it doesn’t meet this criteria, and instead, do something hard on the high value list.?

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Do I ever intend to stop reminding myself??Not likely, because for some reason when I was young I got a virus that appears to search for and delete this string of code from my programming.?

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So, until I find a permanent hack, because I know I’m prone to distraction, I re-write daily before I deploy.

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