Doing what should be done.

written by David Uzodinma

Sometimes doing what should be done could be a daunting task. Most times we say to ourselves ‘we don’t feel like doing that thing’. When you look at that word, doing what we ‘feel’ like doing could actually be misleading.  We should instead do what should be done and in some cases must be done. Margret Thatcher would say “people don’t think anymore…they feel”. It’s not always encouraging to do what you feel most especially when there are things to achieve as a person. In the following, we would be stating those things to do in order to do what should be done even when we don’t feel like doing it. 

Set goals

Initially this action might seem hard which is also leaning towards the feeling. Do what has to be done. Set goals. Goals are action plans needed for coordination and control and achievements. Its gives you control of your life and when you set goals, it doesn’t stop there. Mind that your goals must be clear and should have a definite date of expiry. It doesn’t mean however that when the set date comes and you haven’t achieved your goal, that you give up and condemn the act. It is a time to be more pro-active. Analyze and see get the lesson from the period. Ask yourself, “What factors kept me from achieving my goals?”

Plan

When you have set goals for yourself, you then need (mind the word need) to plan on how to achieve those goals. It is said that if you fail to plan, you have planned to fail. Planning is the next best thing to do for yourself if success is your target. A plan is a bunch of steps to be taken to achieve a goal. This is the things you will be doing in order to achieve your set goals. For example, you might have a goal to buy a house in one year.  In the plan you write down things to do (what to sell, what deal to make, mortgage, etc) within that year in order to obtain the house. Plans made ahead save you lots of time in the achievement process. It gives you direction.

Action

A goal is worthless if there is no action. Action is what determines whether your goals are achievable. It determines your result. For every goal set, take action. Go visit your grand mum. Take your wife for a walk. Spend more time with your family, etc

Excellence in Diligence

Now taking action isn’t simply making that call to see if the customer will buy your product. There is more. If Walmart has simply decided to set up an international supermarket without making it up to an excellent standard, they may not have made their name in the industry today. Put excellence in every of you endeavour. If not you might end up achieving nothing, having put so much to work. Package that new product with quality. Strategize.  Create a system. Stay more with details. Now you may be wondering, I don’t have the personality to be detail-conscious. It’s okay. Get someone who can if you can or start something anyway. With time, ordinary practice with get better. Practice they say brings about perfection. Excellence matters in presentation. Work excellently and be diligent in that which you put your hands in and the sky, I tell you, is your starting point.

Communication

Detailed and clear are the words here. Sometimes to be able to achieve a goal, you should be able to communicate your goals clearly. Let’s say you want to build a garden at the back of your house. Wouldn’t you want to employ the services of a Gardener? If the gardener comes, wouldn’t you explain in detail to the gardener your mental description of how you want the garden to be? Even if you do, he needs to be able to connect with you on how you want your garden to be. Even so, the goals you want to achieve through your employees must be communicated properly, if not, you might be disappointed when results start to show. Communication goes a long way to even motivate you to go on and achieve a goal having told others about your goal and not wanting to go back on your words.

These are some of the factors that allow you to get done most of the things that needs to be done. I call it the definition of happiness. When you look at it, happiness comes as a result of achieving a set goal.