September is upon us once again, it’s my favorite time of the year! Another September Morn, as in morning, not mourning. In fact a crisp cool September Morn is as far away from mourning for me as possible.
September brings so much opportunity, change and excitement for me and most people I know. The school year starts for my kids (thank goodness), business starts to get back into full speed after many people have vacationed and slowed down in August. Hockey season is getting closer, football season is upon us, the baseball playoffs are just on the horizon and the change of season is refreshing and exhileratiting. Sorry to sound like info-commercial selling something, but if you are like most people, September is likely offering you a lot of change and opportunity as well.
With so much on the calendar this month, I’ll pose two simple questions to you;
a) What opportunities are before you this month?
b) What is your plan to take advantage of these opportunities?
No matter what great and exciting things lay before you in September, we all need to take an organized, planned and smoothly executed process forward in order to take advantage of any opportunity. Sounds like the perfect self-challenge for anyone with ADD to look at our planning and follow through. In many cases, ADD does impact the process of planning and follow through. What has worked wonders for me is a process that involves these three steps:
1. Identify one opportunity I have
2. Create a plan of what I need to do to take advantage of this opportunity to succeed.
3. Schedule and plan when I need to follow through with specific tasks that will allow me to succeed.
Ah yes, September Morn…..also a great song by Neil Diamond. Check these lyrics out from September Morn;
And look how far we’ve come
So far from where we used to be
But not so far that we’ve forgotten
How it was before
Take that and do what you will….. and enjoy September!
