Make The Most Of Today

"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do and you've done it!" - Margaret Thatcher (Former British Prime Minister)

"Ah! But today is the only day you are alive. Today is the one time you have to face reality. Today is the only time you have to do anything constructive or destructive. Today before it becomes yesterday, is your opportunity to go forward and backward! Today, before it becomes tomorrow, is your chance to lay a better foundation for your future! What are you doing with today? Are you filling it full of your usual fears and worries, thus guaranteeing that tomorrow will be a repetition of today?" - Claude Bristol

What each of us is doing this minute is the most important event in history for us. We have decided to invest our resources in this opportunity rather than in any other. It is helpful to remember this when we consider the passage of time.

According to Dennis Waitley, "There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is Yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed; we cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone.

The other day we should not worry about is Tomorrow, with its possible adversities, its burdens, its large promise, and poor performance. Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate control. Tomorrow's sun will rise, either in splendour or behind a mask of clouds; but it will rise. Until it does, we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is as yet unborn. This leaves only one day: Today."

Anyone can fight the battles of just one day. It is only when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities -Yesterday and Tomorrow - that we break down. It is not the experience of Today that drives us mad, instead it is remorse and bitterness for something that happened Yesterday and the dread of what Tomorrow may bring. Let us therefore, live this one full Today."

Malcolm Forbes believed the important thing is "never say die until you're dead," and he lived that example up to the hilt. It is, as we realise when we suddenly attend our fortieth high school reunion, a short journey.

24 hours is never too small to achieve something. Great achievers have the same 24 hours unsuccessful people have. The difference is, while the former maximizes his 24 hours, the later misuses it. There is never a second chance for a day spent aimlessly. If we spend a day not maximising it or spending it on things that will take us closer to our destinies, we are most times doomed with no option of having to spend the same day again. It is always advisable to do the right thing at the right time. When the 'right time' is gone, there is usually no other chance for that right time that is gone.

It is therefore expedient that we make the most of - maximize - each day we have. Even if we have more than 24 hours in a day, there will still be the categories of the successful people and the unsuccessful people. Let us recognize the fact that a day is simply 24 hours, 1 hour into 24 places.

Learn to have a plan for each day. Have a Daily To Do List. This list is useful for you to write down the activities you need to do each day. Remember, in that list you must include something you will do that will help you in moving closer and faster in the attainment of your dream.

Also, take cognisance of the fact that time flies. A year is just a month in 12 places. And a month is just 30 days. Determine to do something each day as a small task in the actualisation of your goals. If you do that each day, it means at the end of a year you have done 365 (or 366) things in the realization of your desired goal.

Therefore, our ability to make the most of each day will not just get us closer to our destination, but will also make it easier and better to get there. I challenge you at this stage, to make the most of each day starting from today. Remember, it is never too late to do what you might have done.

It is difficult to be depressed and active at the same time. So get active! Live TODAY.

Dayo Olomu is a UK-based Motivational Speaker, Writer, Business/Life Coach, Trainer, Media Entrepreneur and Competent Toastmaster. His core belief is that we are all endowed with seeds of greatness, and his mission is to help individuals and organisations achieve their full potentials. He is the author of best selling "4 Indispensable Strategies for Success" and the President of Croydon Communicators Toastmasters. Get his FREE monthly Rise to the Top ezine by sending a blank email to subscribe@dayoolomu.com or visit his website at: www.dayoolomu.com

---

Read All the Books

All of the books that we will ever need to... Read More

Choose Your Suffering - Be Willing to Pay the Price for Success!

One day when my friend Todd and I were having... Read More

Power Of The Mind

THOUGHTSJames Allen in his Book "As a Man Thinketh"says Mind... Read More

Learn to Do What Winners Do But Others Will Not

If you want to be a winner you have to... Read More

Trust Your Intuition!

How many times have you been faced with a decision... Read More

Hanging On In There - How To Carry On When Your Motivation Is Flagging

"I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take... Read More

Who Do You Need To Become To Make It Happen For You?

'We cannot become what we need to be remaining what... Read More

Your Growing Edge

You've probably heard the term "leading edge" used to refer... Read More

Finding Your Authentic Path

"Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light." ~... Read More

Hold That Elevator!

As Prince, or whatever his name is now put it... Read More

Regret or Passion? Which Will Be Yours?

I once attended a retreat on how to live with... Read More

What Motivates the Motivator?

Someone wrote me an email a couple of weeks ago... Read More

How to Beat Procrastination and Self Doubt

Fear of failure (or success) and a lack of energy... Read More

Live On Fire

Words seem inadequate to describe the beauty and abundance that... Read More

How to Tune In Your Brain and Feel Motivated in Minutes

Want to know how to run your brain and be... Read More

Make Motivation Stick

Motivation is the elusive elixir. Not only does it help... Read More

Just Do It!

If you run a business like I do, you probably... Read More

Do More! Learn More! Create More! Live More!

Over the years in America and the west generally, the... Read More

How to Use the Power of Words to Your Benefit

Someone I know maintains that "motivational words are great coming... Read More

The Time to Act

Engaging in genuine discipline requires that you develop the ability... Read More

How To Win Over Your Fears

If you really want to do something you will always... Read More

Personal Safety: How To Avoid Accidents And Live A Safe, Longer & Happy Life

Have you ever had an accident?Do you value your personal... Read More

Two Months, Two Actions: First Steps to Success

Susan stood on the scale the other day. She had... Read More

Dont Let Failure Go To Your Head

I watched as an 8-year-old All-Star slid dramatically into second... Read More

Trust the ?System? ? It Works!

The "System" ? the overall structure and organization of this... Read More

The Art of Wastebasketry

Are your filing cabinets stuffed so full that it's difficult... Read More

How to Use the Power of Words to Your Benefit - Part II

A friend of mine read the article, How to Use... Read More

How to Become an Effective Self-Help User

"Know Yourself" That's what the big guy said way back... Read More

No Excuses

Don't you just hate it when people make excuses for... Read More

Ending Procrastination

Perseverance is about as important to achievement as gasoline is... Read More

Motivation: The Power of Opportunity

I think each one of us has had the experience... Read More

7 Great Life Lessons From Tsunami Survivor

As I am writing this article, the world is shaken... Read More

Top 5 Reasons Why Youre Not Living Your Dream

1. "I'm too old to make a change." Maybe you're... Read More