Today
is done. Last week and last month are
distant memories. I can’t go back and
change anything that happened in the past.
But tomorrow is coming.
Steve
Jobs made the statement, “Let’s go invent
tomorrow rather than worrying about what happened yesterday” when he was
reinstated as head of Apple Computers in 2007.
Living in the past is … the past.
Yesterday’s meal was for yesterday.
Last week’s sale was great, but now we need tomorrow’s sale.
I
love looking back as much as the next person, but only long enough to reflect
on where I’ve come from, and to navigate my moves for tomorrow and do better.
It’s
all about tomorrow. What can we create
tomorrow that will have lasting significance?
There
are sales to be made tomorrow.
There
are blogs to be written tomorrow.
There
are kids to hug tomorrow.
There
are conversations to be had tomorrow.
There
are grand plans and vacations and destinations to be anticipated tomorrow.
Move
toward tomorrow. Hold onto the memory of
today, but go and invent tomorrow.
You
and I get a blank page on which to write tomorrow. We can create, dream and invent and become
anything we want to become -- tomorrow.
Tomorrow is not stuck on yesterday.
I
made a misstep today.
I
spoke out of turn.
I
looked bad in that performance.
I didn’t
listen with both ears before I spouted off.
I over-talked
a critical contact person yesterday.
Tomorrow
I will do better, be better, listen better, act better.
How
can we invent tomorrow?
1.
Learn
from today; note our weaknesses and do better.
2.
Read
more on subjects of interest for our future.
3.
Take
a class in our area of interest.
4.
Ask
for help from someone who is successful.
5.
Write
down five things we can do better
tomorrow. Tackle them one at a time.
6.
Know
thyself. Take a personality assessment
to help with our self-understanding.
Live the examined life. Discover our
own acres of diamonds. (If you haven’t
read this book, you really should.)
Our
tomorrows are waiting.
