Time Flies!

Happy Friday!    That was a short week...or was it?  Is it just me, or does Labor Day always feels like Sunday again?   Funny thing about time.  We distort our sense of it depending on what we are doing and how we feel about it.   Let's examine how 60 minutes "feels";   On the treadmill...with no music.   On the beach...and no kids.   In traffic...late for an important meeting.   Taking a nap...after 60 minutes on the treadmill.   There are some things we do where time flies...and others, not so much.  Joy makes time transitory, brief, fleeting.  Dread makes time feel like our enemy.    That list that you are facing is likely filled with more dread than joy.  More drudgery than ecstasy. How do I know?  You never have to schedule and fight to finish something you love to do.   I make myself finish all my business chores before I can go play golf.  I wrestle with procrastination, scheduling conflicts and spontaneous distractions just like everyone else.  Funny thing, when it is time for golf the only thing that can stop me is a thunderstorm.  Not rain, not a backup on the first tee and not my mediocre golf game...nothing.   But anything can stop me from reading my 400 page continuing education manual and testing for my licensing renewals.  Just the other day, on page 12 of that manual, I came up with my   Top 10 Things That Keep Me From Doing Important Work I Hate:   Emails...something more important might come up! Phone calls...heaven forbid someone has to leave me a message! Text...that doesn't count as a conversation...we're just texting! My wife...it would be insensitive for me not to ask about her workout, plus she really looks great when she comes home from the gym!  MSN homepage...they really make me want to know what Kim and Kanye are doing!  What's a click or two? Getting the mail...going to the box is great exercise, plus I have a fetish for reading junk mail and coupons.  Mondays are the best! The Cobert Report...not a huge fan, but when Natalie laughs outloud, I have to know what was funny!  A segment is 10 minutes...tops! Instagram... I follow my kids and sometimes hit the "explore" button.  The world is full of really interesting people who are willing to put ALL their pictures up! PGA.com...they send me alerts when there is a tournament with updates and scores.  Rory is playing better since his break-up with Wozniacki and the Fed Ex cup race is tightening up right before the Tour Championship...which is held in Atlanta.  I have my tickets ready! The Sun...rainy days and Monday always get me down, but when the sun is out...nature calls.  More like the golf clubs call, email...and text.  It would be rude not to answer! On the surface, this list seems trivial and frivolous - except #4, of course.  But these are the types of things that keep me (and you!) from doing important work.  All the prioritizing, scheduling and blocking out of time means nothing if you don't sit down and do it.   Buckle down...and do it!   Suck it up...and do it!   You get the point.    I remind myself that since I am not on the PGA tour that golf is a privilege.  A hobby made possible by me doing my real work.  I am the Rory Mcllroy of sales (you expected me to say Tiger Woods...didn't you?) so whatever it takes to stay #1 I have to be willing to do.   The fun things I love and the arduous things I hate.  If I do them or don't do them, time will wait for no one, because...   Time Flies!   Until Monday, I wish you Money, Power, Success!