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A Vacation Work Ethic

Did you ever notice how much you can get done on the day before you start your holiday or vacation?  You are focused, perhaps you have made a list and you have unlimited energy.  Why is that?   It's because you know that if you don't get things done, you won't be able to go on or enjoy your time off.  So you use every available moment and you prioritize what you need to do.  You may stay up all night, or work the weekend before you go, but you will get done what needs to get done.

Since I travel so often, I find this dynamic regularly present in my life and work.  For instance, tomorrow I leave for five weeks on the road.  I have gotten more done in the last few days than I did in the last week or so.  I know there are things I must do before I leave, things that I can't do while I am out of the country. So I have used my time well and I am leaving with a sense that I did all that I could do.   To be truthful, I have been productive since I got home on June 25 from my last trip to Africa.  Why?  Because I had a plan for the entire two months, and I stuck with that plan. 

There is no substitute for discipline where productivity is concerned.  No one can make you produce or be efficient.  You must do that for yourself.  You are productive before you go on holiday because you want to be.  You also want the holiday, so you are willing to do whatever it takes to leave.  Why not apply that same principle to starting your business, writing a book or learning a language?   Set your sights on what you want to do and then pay the price to get it done.  It's that simple; the hardest part may be deciding what you want to get done.

So I am off to Africa with two full suitcases and another list of things I need and want to do over there.  I return home on September 28, and want to have my next book manuscript finished by then.  What do you want to get done by September 28?  I urge you to determine what it is and then get about doing it.  You may surprise yourself at the amount of work you can get done if you simply act like you are going on vacation next week.

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