Daily Inspiration #74
Robert J. Mckain
First Things First

Robert J. “Bob” McCann (born 15 March 1958 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) is an US-American and Irish citizen. He was formerly President Wealth Management Americas and President Americas of UBS Group AG. He had led the Wealth Management Americas division since December 2011 and had served as a member of the UBS Group AG Group Executive Board since October 2009. He relinquished both roles when he stepped down in November 2015.
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This guy had something to say that I wanted to share.

“The reason most goals are not achieved is that
we spend our time doing second things first.”

Alright, so we all have goals right?

Most goals are big enough that they include many steps to get there.

The order we should do these steps is sometimes obvious and sometimes not.

Sometimes it is very clear which thing we should do next.

Sometimes our vision of that is cloudy and it is not clear what to do next.

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Still other times we just think something seems like the right next step when it really was not.

The crazy thing is that when you are doing these things in the wrong order you can kinda feel it.

If you are working toward a goal and it seems to feel like something is off, take a step back.

Just stop for a second and look at it.

See what the goal is and see which of your smaller steps might be more important than the one you are working on.

It might surprise you.

Since we are creatures of habit and convenience, what we do is start with the easier steps or the steps that are closer to us.

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This can make us feel pretty good for a minute because we seem to be getting a lot done.

The most effective thing though is to step back, assess the plan and decide if there are things that really need to come first.

If there are then doing them first will fast track your success.

Putting other steps in front of them not only slows the process but you could come back to a stack of missed opportunities.

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A lot of times the things you think should be first will show differently once you play the whole thing out in your head.

You may find that many of the steps key into other steps making it so you can't really do much until you get a certain one done.

So whatever your goals take a step back, play the whole scenario out in your head, analyse the steps to determine which is really next.

Then do that step first (or next).

Understanding it is simple, doing it can be tough.

Just remember that it is your future you're creating, no one else's.

And remember what Robert had to say:

“The reason most goals are not achieved is that
we spend our time doing second things first.”

Thanks for reading,
Michael David
@michaeldavid

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