What is easy to do is easy not to do.
Jim Rohn had the ability to put complex principles into words that are easily understood. This phrase demonstrates that even in a day filled only with what we would call easy tasks, we can quickly lose focus on what needs to be done and instead perform nonessential activities.
After waking up, instead of reading a few pages of a book that could benefit your career, you may flip on the sports channel to see the commentary of last night’s game. We know that certain activities could have a significant positive impact on our lives, but for one reason or another we fail to do them.
The Pre-emptive Approach:
The best way to make the right choice of doing something that will benefit you versus something that will not is to avoid the moment when it becomes a choice. What that means is that when you have a goal such as reading a book, set measurements for yourself to follow. This could be as simple as reading ten pages a day every morning. What is important is that you make a commitment to yourself to meet that measurement every single day.
Over time this commitment will evolve into a positive habit that is hard to break. After finishing the first book you will want to continue this goal not only because you can see that benefits that it has on your life and career, but also because it has become a constant in your life that you have come to depend on. The goal is to transform an easy task that may be easy to do, into one that you will be disinclined not to do.