Work

"Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing."
Thomas Alva Edison

As a society, we are geared towards action. Yes, action is important but only if it is intelligent action. Most of us are running around doing those things we think are urgent and/or that other people want us to do, while the really important things that we want to do for ourselves get neglected and forgotten by the wayside. We climb up the ladder as fast as possible, only to find out that it is leaning against the wrong wall.

In order to accomplish or produce something significant, you need to do some analysis of why you want to do it, planning how you will find the resources necessary to acheive it, and how you will go about doing it, and finally putting real focused effort into producing what you want to. Working without a plan will be very inefficient and probably take much longer than it needs to. It will be tiring and unrewarding. To be successful, think carefully about what you want to do and how you will do it before you get started.

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