(Today is question #6 of 7 from my re-reading of John Maxwell’s book, Good Leaders Ask Great Questions, along with an excerpt from the book. Take time to not only reflect on the questions but to answer them.)

6. Am I Taking Care Of Today?
A Question of Success

Good leaders naturally look to the future. They are known for vision and for leading others to new and higher destinations. However, the future isn’t where anything gets accomplished. That happens today. That’s why you need to take care of it.

Getting your hands around what you should be doing every day can be difficult. To best use my time correctly, there are five areas where I want to make sure I’m taking care of business. I can’t do everything every day, but I can do the most important things every day. Here is what’s on my list:

Faith – I must be sure to exercise and live out my faith every day.

Family – For many years now my definition of success has been having those who are closest to me love and respect me the most.

Relationships – Few things will pay you bigger dividends in life than the time and trouble you take to understand people and build relationships.

Mission – If I give personal attention to my mission every day, that will help to keep me from straying away from it someday in the future.

Health – I work on my health daily. I may not do it perfectly, but I do it.

Each day is an unrepeatable miracle. Today will never happen again, so we must make it count. Do that with every today, and tomorrow will take care of itself.

~Evolution of Self
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