If you look up the words "Important " and "urgent" in a dictionary of synonyms, they will come up as interchangeable.The important is what matters for the long term.The urgent is what supposedly needs to be done right now.Some things are one,  some the other.A few are both,and most are neither.

We live in an age of inflated emphasis on magnitude and timeliness of just about everything.Sometimes a voice mail system will let you flag a mesage as urgent.Think : When was the last time you truly left an urgent message  ?Maybe you were calling from the emergency room, or you were stranded by the side of the road at midnight next to your burning vehicle.These things happen, they just dont happen often ( thank goodness!) and most of those "urgent" messages aren't.

The problem with urgencies and plain old stuff that likes to buoy its own reputation by pretending to be urgent , is that they get in the way of what's important. When a project deadline at work is urgent, it can interfere with with spending time with a child- a task thats important.When rushing to an appointment is urgent, it can impede driving safely - which is important.When making an impression seems urgent,it can thwart being yourself- the most important person to be.

Today as you proceed through life,be on the lookout for what what is truly urgent and what is genuinely important.Dont be  led astray by someone else's assignment of either label. Ask yourself "Is answering this email really urgent ? Does it have to be done right this second, within an hour, within a day?".Will getting involved with this task someone else believes is urgent or  this activity someone else says is important keep me true to myself or would it detour my destiny?"When have lucid answers to these questions , you will conserve your life force and steer the energy you've got in all the right directions.

Action Plan : I see the difference between the urgent and the important, and I always spot imposters that are neither one.

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