If I just grabbed you on the street and said what's the most important thing in your life? You would say something like - your family, or your church group, or maybe your career, maybe your kid or your pet. And the thing is - in some part of your heart that's absolutely true…This quote from Merlin Mann is something that I found over a year ago, but continue to think about fairly regularly. It's important to realize where your time and attention is being spent because when all those moments are summed up - that's your life. And your time is important but your attention is even more important.
…Is the thing that you claim that's important, really important?…
…because if a lot of people actually looked at where their time and attention went - the parts that they do have control over - it would look like the most important thing in their life was Facebook…
…Before you try and fix everybody, it really does help to fix yourself.
--Merlin Mann
I also think about his first question - what's the most important thing in your life? Of course all of the things he mentions are - family, career, kids, etc. Sometimes we just have to remember to act like it.