Hugo, awareness is the first step to correcting a habit. When we become aware of a habit we want to change then we can take action to change.

Here are some ideas that may help you prioritize your actions.

1. Make a daily list of what you want to accomplish (limit to 10 items). Do not iinclude those activities that are a must eating, sleeping etc.
2. Prioritize the list.
3. Work on getting the #1 most important item done or until you cannot do any more on it. Don’t worry about 2-10 if what you are doing is the most important.
4. After completing #1 review 2-10 and make sure your priorities are still the same if they are not then re-prioritize. Work on the new #1 until you finish or cannot go any further.
5. When you feel that you are unable to get everything done then review your list and ask yourself how you can, combine a task, eliminate a task, or simplify a task.

By prioritizing my daily expectations I have been able to accomplish many important goals I have set.
My priory list is God, wife, children, other family, and work. Hugo as I prioritize my life I also have a responsibility for supporting my family. So work ranks high on my list of priorities. I begin my day praying for God to direct my activities and my attitude.  My family and employer get the best husband, father,and worker I can be when I follow this pattern.

Have a great day!

Bill Arnold

I lived in a dorm for summer workers above an Irish pub. The owner had a daughter named Rainy whom I had become friends with, so she and I went to her dad to ask him if he knew of anyone in town who could use a handy man or laborer. He told me he had a friend who had been asking around for someone to help him clean brush from his property. I hopped on my bike and went to meet the man. That night I also went door to door to many of the resort restaurants to see if any were hiring. It just so happened that one of the local chefs had run off several pot-washers from his kitchen in fits of fury and the restaurant offered me the job on the spot. I took it. I heard there was a local YMCA camp just outside the village where they were always looking for laborers to paint and do odds and ends, so in-between clearing brush and scrubbing pots I visited the camp and offered my services to the camp director.

Word quickly spread about a tireless red-head from Ohio who rode a bike and worked like a machine and calls started coming to the pub owner inquiring about me. Before long I had a waiting list of customers and a growing bank account. One of the people who hired me was a marine architect who needed help around his workshop. He said he had heard about me and heard that I was trustworthy and diligent and that he had heard a rumor that I aspired to build boats. He hired me as a labor worker and at the end of the summer took me on as wood-working apprentice.

The common sense of my success that summer was that when life seemed to work against me I chose to keep trying instead of sink into despair and quit. I could have called home and asked for money. I could have had my family rescue me. But I wanted to make it on my own. Words from Bill Arnold’s book come to mind. I like his quote, “Failing is never failure unless you quit.” That summer I definitely had some failings, but because I wouldn’t quit, failure was not one among my failings.

很不幸，这个世界并不是那样。欲望于成功而言，就像鱼饵于渔夫，它很重要却不会减少实现它所需的努力。它也因人而异，成功只属于那些决意把欲望变成现实，并为此付诸行动的有心人。否则渴望也仅仅是白日梦而已。

可以肯定的是，芝加哥熊队拥有实现目标的强烈欲望，没有这样的欲望他们也就无法打进决赛。但是，除了信念，芝加哥熊队拥有更多支持他们努力争取胜利的力量。正视这样的雄心壮志，也是他们成为本季最佳球队的关键。他们刻苦训练，就好像球队的名誉要仰仗于胜利，事实也确实是如此。如果这些球员输了球或没能打进决赛，你能想像他们要承受怎样的冷嘲热讽吗？熊队队歌音乐电视“超级杯尹步舞” 一旦播出，输球就等于自取其辱。

芝加哥熊队愿意为成功付出，而那些失败的球队并不是如此。很多人有追求成功的壮志，却不愿意做不合心意的事情，而这些事情正是成功所必需的。

成功源于欲望，而且需要全身心的奉献才能到达成功彼岸。

What I find interesting about the survey is that a total of 26 % of the people enjoyed their jobs because they liked the people they work with – either their co-workers and/or their boss. These people didn’t say they liked salary or working conditions, although they very well might have. They said that what they liked best about the job was the people.
It’s important that people enjoy their careers to be happy, but it’s also important that they can get along with their co-workers. If they can’t, problems can develop.

剧中曾有这样的情节，探长巡视某家旅馆的时候，经过大堂的休息室，一只小狗正躺在地毯上。这位整天紧张兮兮的探员对着小狗灿然一笑，并蹲下去，认真地询问旅馆的主人：“你的狗咬人吗？”旅店主人言简意赅地回答：“不会。”可是当探员伸手抚摸小狗时，却遭到攻击。小狗紧紧咬住了糊涂探员手套的手指部分，并在半空中摇摆了一阵。既震惊又生气的探员不住喊道：“你不是说你的狗不会咬人吗？！”旅店主人回答：“这可不是我的狗。”

有效的沟通取决于有效的信息以及适当的沟通方式。任何部分的不足都会引起误会，甚至更加严重。就如前面所讲的探员，被狗咬。

之所以说有效沟通是成功的关键，主要因为它是信息传递的唯一途径。这与我们可能会用什么样高级系统作为传递方式并无关系，它可以是电话、电邮、视屏聊天、甚至电视机。如果不能正确地表达信息，有效的沟通就不存在的。