How many priorities to do have? I bet you have a LONG list of them. Most people do. Grow my business by $1M, spend more time with my wife, spend more time with my kids, learn to play guitar, go on safari in Africa, etc, etc, etc. No try to focus on getting all of them done. It’s kind of like watching a kindergarten class line up to be first for the ice cream truck… pure chaos! No wonder many people have problems getting things done. Too many tasks vying for first place.
The funny thing about priorities is, until the 20th Century, that word never even existed! Priority was first used in the English language in the 1400s; and for 500 years it was only used in a singular form. It’s from the latin word prioritas meaning first in rank, order or dignity. There was no plural form of the word in latin. It was not until the 1900s that the word was adapted into a plural form to encompass the way we use the word today.
Maybe we should all consider going back in time for a little focus. What is YOUR PRIORITY?
“One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.” - Sidney Howard
“Qui totum vult totum perdit. (He who wants everything loses everything.)” – attributed to Seneca
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