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Two Important Questions

There are two important questions we should each ask ourselves on a regular basis:

1.  Ten years from now, what will I wish I had done today?

2.  If I knew I couldn’t fail, what would I be working on?

Life is complicated.  No matter who you are, you will encounter problems and challenges.  There are endless tasks to complete, and there is always something around the next corner to challenge your resolve.  But keeping yourself grounded in the bigger picture is a good guard against distraction, discouragement, and ineffectiveness.  These two questions help keep the bigger picture of what you are trying to accomplish at the forefront of your mind.

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  1. dean clouse Avatar
    dean clouse

    Chris, thanks for the reminder of those two great questions. I’ve noticed when great things are happening, those questions are in my head, but when things go south, it’s because I forgot those questions. I’m keeping those questions in view at all times from here on out. What a great way to stay focused on what we were meant to do. Thanks again!

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  2. John Avatar
    John

    The New Year seems to be a milestone marker for most people to reflect on these types of questions.
    People are busy, running hard, doing things…and sometimes it’s not until the end of the year that they take a breath and review what’s happened, how things are going and think about what they’d really like/want to happen in the future.
    I can’t imagine early explorers…jumping aboard their ships, sailing for days or weeks on end without checking their bearings and seeing if they’re still on course…yet is this what people do?
    I feel that some people are just happy to be on the ship sailing somewhere…the ships moving…seems to be going pretty good…there’s wind in the sails…have rations for 6 or 8 weeks…Yet where is the ship headed?….Is there new land beyond the horizon?…..Are there rocks around the next bend?….Where is it headed?
    There are all kinds of great analogies to help people in these areas…the rocking chair test…thinking about “The Dash”…
    Before I could answer these kinds of questions I really needed to come to grips with what was important to me/my family, what were my values, did I have a mission? Some eternal, overriding principles so I could tell if I was headed in the right direction or not.
    It may not be easy…it may take time…I eventually realized I wasn’t my career/profession, I wasn’t my recreation, I wasn’t what other people expected of me…
    Once I discovered some of these answers (for now), then I could address your two great questions.
    Once I learned about “Define – Learn – Do”, then I needed to “Plan – Do – Check – Adjust” on a regular basis.
    I didn’t want to be out on one of those ships sailing for a year, not checking my bearings, not adjusting my course, only to find out I was nowhere near where I wanted to be, or worse, running into the rocks and being shipwrecked or worse…
    Our lives have been forever changed and I’m eternally grateful!

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  3. Larry Herring Avatar
    Larry Herring

    Life is short. I’ve heard it said “Live like today is your last day. For surely one day you will be right.” No one can argue with that.
    Dream as if there is no limit (because there isn’t), continue to act as if you can’t fail (even though you will at times) and always remember that starting something grandiose, rarely seems like it at first. But start anyway – NOW – DON’T WAIT! Because “surely one day you will be right.”
    I leave you with a quote from one of my heroes:
    “The house we hope to build is not for my generation but for yours. It is your future that matters. And I hope that when you are my age, you will be able to say as I have been able to say: We lived in freedom. We lived lives that were a statement, not an apology.”
    -Ronald Reagan
    Thanks Chris for this blog and the legacy you’re leaving.

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