Get Started! Submitted by Tina Smith, Life Coach, TT&J Associates LLC 713-819-4745 / TinaSmithLifeCoach@gmail.com / www.TinaSmithLifeCoach.com Wow! I just got invited to write 100 articles in 100 days! Immediately I thought, “No way, how would I ever get that done”? Then I recalled this quote: "Five minutes of today are worth as much to me, as five minutes in the next millennium. Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Experience from Essays: Second Series (1844) Just five minutes can move you into action. Get Started! That is how you get it done. How much time do you waste thinking about what you are going to do when all you have to do is Get Started? Yes, I realize there are circumstances when planning must take place. Ready, Aim, Fire goes a long way. However, I am also open to the times when Fire! works. If I just get started on an item before I know it I am done. Let’s take the 100 day article challenge. I could sit down and map out all the different article topics to write on. I could list themes and categorize the topics. Trust me, I majored in planning! The key to this is to know when you are planning and when you are procrastinating! In the case of the articles, I believe I would be procrastinating, so I am going to sit down at my computer and START writing! Five minutes today is worth as much to me, as five minutes in the next millennium. Own my TODAY, right NOW! Are you ready to do the same? Look over your task list. Are there some items on it that simply Get Started is called for? You recognize that you have been procrastinating around them and calling it planning? Identify the items and become aware of any repeat patterns of procrastination. Is there a theme to this? If yes, ask yourself what blocks or negative thinking you have on those. Now, with an open mind determine when the next opportunity to Get Started on one of those items would be for you. Write it down on your calendar and take those precious 5 minutes to own your today! Get Started! Are you ready to play at the next level? Need assistance? A quick personal and professional life assessment is available at www.TinaSmithLIfeCoach.com. About Our Show Advisor: Tina Smith is the President and CEO of TT&J Associates, LLC a company dedicated to connecting resources to resourcefulness. With over 20 years experience in corporate settings she has coached personal, volunteer and professional contacts in individual, team and organizational concepts. The application of emotional intelligence, accelerated learning, process improvement and quality tools assist my clients in transforming their personal and business strategies. On a recent interview with Wisdom in Action Tina reviewed how a coaching relationship provides clarity to increase energy by removing both internal and external blocks to achieve defined results. Life provides an abundance of circumstances, coaching provides an abundance of support! As a panel expert you can hear Tina weekly on “Life Business and Money, with Steven Kay” Mondays at 3pm on KIKK-AM CNN 650 Radio News in Houston, Texas.