Saturday, July 6, 2013

If it is important, it will get into your agenda!




 ‘Action expresses priorities’
Mahatma Gandhi

Sometimes you make a request on someone, small or big. It could be as simple as requesting someone to give you a wakeup call or fetch your car key etc. Similarly, others may also make such requests on you.
 There may be occasions when the other person does not comply with your request. The other person may simply say ‘sorry I forgot’. You may also respond in such a way.

On such occasions, unless the other person assigns a high value of importance to the request, it is likely that the request may not be taken seriously!
 Just recall about five to six requests from others that you ‘simply forgot’! Rate each of them on a scale of most important, medium important and least important from your point of view. The things that you ‘forgot’ will invariably fall into least important category!
If you had given the ‘most important’ rating to the request, you would have automatically asked the question ‘what will happen if I remember this or what will happen if I do not remember this?’ and  you would have ensured that you remember the request, small or big!
In short, if you feel it is important, you will be careful not to forget!

NC Sridharan
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