The POP Effect

Things to do, things to undo

Quote of the day

‘Unravelling the mysteries of your life works in a simple way. You need to select the things you need to do, and then deselect the things that can be done later. To do something immediately invokes a steady process of Preparation, Organisation and Performance. I call this the POP! effect.

Welcome to your very 1^st weekend of June, the month of Selectivity. To help you along your journey to succeed we need to select and deselect. We need to select the things we have to do and then follow up by deselecting the things we need to undo or to do later on. June is deemed the month of Selectivity. To select things that you need to do helps if you use the POP effect. We all have umpteen things to do but find it quite difficult to prioritise them into immediate, medium or long term projects. Something that is not important often becomes important because we are constantly thinking about. If it is in your wish list by all means get on with it but if it can be done later it helps to focus on the more important ones. The POP effect helps you to do just that. The POP effect is about Preparing, Organising and Performing. Preparing for something is a lot easier when you prioritise. A wish list is about things to do over a period of time. A ‘whish’ list on the other needs to be done straight away. How do you differentiate between a wish list and a ‘whish’ list? It is simple, you select and you deselect and then apply the POP effect. Put your dreams into the category of whish or wish list. ‘Whish’ normally refers to top priority. Wish on the other hand refers to less priority work. To differentiate the two, you need to implement The POP Effect. If you are able to prepare and organise something in good time, then you can categorise this task as part of your ‘whish’ list. Preparing for something with ease and comfort means that you are ready to take on a task. This should be your priority. Preparing is about making a task doable. It is about meeting the workload of that task with confidence. Organising is about being systematic, arranging your task into suitable timeframes, putting them in order rather than putting the cart before the horse.  What follows after this is your performance. All meritocratic goal setters maintain a very high standard when it comes to performance. Anyone can perform a task but to do it with professionalism ensures that you are accomplished and fulfilled at the end of it. When you are struggling to perform a task then it is quite possible that you are not ready to undertake it. Help maybe needed or you simply need to deselect that task and tackle it later on. Always prioritise the tasks that you can do and improvise on the tasks that you cannot do. I wish you well in your 48 hours of sheer relaxation and rest. Do join me later on for Sunday’s article.

A Day in your Life

A Day in your Life

Quote of the day

 ‘Every curtain that opens for you is a personal performance merited by the ones that watch it. Today is a day in your life. Will your performance be applauded by those that watch, observe and criticise you?’

As we watch over others little do we realise that we are also been observed, criticised, analysed and assessed by an audience of 7 billion. What makes a man or a woman great is how they perform their daily tasks in front of an audience of over 7 billion people. Once we depart from the comfort of our domain we are exposed to criticism, activism, cynicism or even romanticism. We are now actors in a world of actors performing our roles selfishly or unselfishly. A Meritocratic Goal Setter of which you are identifies their role in a world teeming with individuals of varying roles. They then aim to perform such a role unselfishly. Today you maybe a student, tomorrow you may become an employee or an employer, the next day you may become married, in a few years’ time you will become a parent and later on a grandparent. Our roles are constantly changing by identification but we still remain actors in front of an audience of 7 billion people. Success in life is about leaving behind a legacy of good deeds for others to follow. Success in life is to perform your role according to your decree to the best of your ability. You need to exercise Patience, Endurance and Tolerance. Do you remember when we spoke about the acronym PET in an earlier article? You need to be a PET. Patience is about Self-Control, to administer your moods in the presence of an audience that watches over you. Endurance is your fortitude over the aggression you may face over the criticism and cynicism that will always come your way. Tolerance is about not being narrow-minded in front of an audience that stares at you from dawn to dusk. A Day in your Life is a repetition of daily roles assigned to you, written by you and enacted by yourself. When your front door opens the curtain to your daily performance begins. Although you do not expect an applause by the end of your shift you certainly do not want the rotten apples that come with it. Dear Friends, always remember that once you open your front door you actually opening the curtain to your overall performance. You are interacting amongst a population of over 7 billion people. Interaction between people delivers one of two things, attraction or distraction. Attraction makes you full of charm, appealing and desirable. Distraction creates confusion, a source of annoyance and a sense of trouble. If you are not ready to act your role then perhaps you should not open your front door. Plan ahead, envisage tomorrow based on today’s performance. Become a critic of your own performance and look at your weaknesses and your strengths. Decide on how you can improve your day. Polish your act, don’t live to criticise someone but live to analyse yourself.