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I recently read a New Year’s resolution of a friend of mine which read, “Don’t Be a Victim of Time.” That’s one powerful sentence. As I was driving down the road today I realized that I have become a victim of time. I find myself impatiently waiting and trying to fit more stuff into fewer minutes. I was at Starbucks and in disgust walked out because there were two people in front of me, got in my car and proceeded to pull through the drive-thru. Craziness. Like that was really going to save me some time…..

However, I also realized I am a victim of time in another way. I have noticed that I somehow think time will stand still for me or is on my side. I will hear myself saying (almost subconsciously) I’ll do that tomorrow or schedule that vacation for later in the summer.  In work my “self-induced time victimization” often translates into – I’ll add that new service later or I’ll find time next week or I’ll add it to the list for Friday and catch up on it then. 

How does this relate to building a remarkable practice? My advice to both you and myself: Don’t spend so much time putting out fires that you fail to do something today that will help grow your practice.

It’s easy to say, we’ll make some calls next week or finally get some help redesigning that new brochure. Maybe, we commit to making a concerted effort and get on Facebook to make some new connections. Yet by the end of the day we find ourselves at midnight wondering where all the time in the day has gone. Like now, as I sit here and blog, it’s about 10:30pm. Usually, I try to blog before my first cup of coffee. Apparently thought I had more time today than my allotted  1440 minutes.

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