Wednesday, April 13, 2011

It's Your Life: Are you hitting SNOOZE...?

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Today I Woke Up.

I have been thinking a lot about this whole "Snooze" idea. Far too many times in my life I have had some great business idea, or a creative song concept and instead of just taking action and creating or starting, I pressed snooze. I would think, "Thats a great idea but I have so much on my plate." Or "If I only knew the right person I could get this business off of the ground." Truth is, I HATE starting. I am a notorious procrastinator. I put off things and then put them off again. Then it becomes no big deal. I have no sense of urgency about it since I haven't done anything about it so far. 

      If you are anything like me then you know what I'm talking about. I must say that I have accomplished a small amount of feats in my 31 years on this earth. I graduated College after siting out for 5 years. I'm a working musician and I run L. Griffin Transport which is the business my father handed down to me before he passed. I got married. I have produced music for world famous musicians and artists. However I feel as if there is so much more that I have to offer the world. 

The Moment of Clarity.

    This morning before I woke up finally at 9:15 I hit the snooze button 5 times on my iPhone. But you know what happens after you keep hitting snooze? The alarm stops. Then you have to wake yourself up which is way harder than just waking up with the alarm in the first place. You have to trust that you don't oversleep (which usually you do). You don't have the drive or the motivation to wake up. 

Plan of Action!

Here is a plan to help you get on the right track! You have to be able to see where you are going. Thats why writing it down is helpful.

1. Create a list of long term goals
    Example (Start a business, Lose 50 lbs,) 
2. Create a list of short term goals
    (Fit in bikini, Buy a scooter for summer)
3. Break short term list down into tasks
    (File for business, Save $75 a week, Gym twice a week)
4. Do something everyday to achieve 1 task 

5. Re- visit the lists you made at the end of the week. 

I encourage you to stop hitting the snooze button on your life because you only get one. If you have an Idea or business to handle then do it. Currently I am reading "Poke the Box" by Seth Godin (audio book of course) and he talks about how our society teaches us to conform and to become a cog in a system of other cogs, but no one teaches you how to take initiative. We are always waiting for someone to tell us its ok to be who we want to be. But we don't have to. Now is the time to stand up and take charge of your own destiny. So for the love of God wake up and please please pretty please stop hitting snooze!

- O.T. Griffin

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