Jim Butler: 3 Ways to Get More Done (Part III)

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Over the last two weeks, Jim has given you ways to get more done. Now, he tells you the final way to get more done.

3. Work in Your Area of Genius and Delegate the Rest.
Your actions and feelings affect each other. If you are doing something you aren’t very good at, you won’t be confident about completing it. You’ll put it off. Remember to work in your area of genius. By controlling your actions and doing what you do best, you feel positive about what you are doing and more confident in completing the task that lies before you. The most important thing is to begin. If you can’t do it, then delegate it to someone who can.

Goethe said: “Each indecision brings its own delay and days are lost lamenting over lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! What you can do, or dream you can, begin it! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. BEGIN, and then the work will be completed.”

Choose to work in your area of genius and you’ll confidently move towards the completion of your goal. When you are uncertain, you will hesitate. I love this statement by W. N. Murray:
“Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would otherwise never have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.”

Whatever it is that you want to do, begin to do it. Once you put forth the effort, you will receive the energy to complete the task.

Remember, the difference between an average income and an extraordinary one is implementation. No competitor has any more time than you do to get things done in a day. Each of us has no more than 60 minutes to an hour, 24 hours to a day, or 7 days to a week. Time is the great equalizer. What matters is how you choose to use the 1,440 minutes you are given each day.

Every person has more ideas than they take time to actually implement in their lives or in their business. With the same amount of time each day, the only difference between the results people get is how it is spent and what actions are taken everyday. Some actions will produce miniscule results. Others produce massive results. Choosing where to put your time and choosing to act on the best ideas that will help you achieve your goals will be actions that will have the biggest impact in your life.