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What's Important Now?

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

09.02.2026

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Reader,

The first four weeks of school have been a lot.

We started August 5. Crazy, right?

We’re short-staffed, covering multiple areas, solving the normal beginning-of-school problems, and then my daughter slid into second base and broke her leg.

There have been moments when my brain has simply said:

I cannot take on one more thing.

When I get there, I have to bring myself back to the present.

I may not be able to control everything happening around me, but I can control my attitude, my emotions, and my response.

My goal is always to WIN the day, one day at a time.

And when I feel overwhelmed, WIN becomes an acronym:

What’s Important Now?

Not what are the 17 things on my list.

Not what might happen tomorrow.

What’s Important Now?

I identify the most important task and work on it until it is complete, or until I’m waiting on information or a decision from someone else.

Then I move to the next one.

Action creates accomplishment.

Accomplishment creates momentum.

Momentum creates motivation.

Sometimes you don’t need to figure out the whole week.

You just need to figure out what’s important now.

Give it a try & WIN the day!

ONWARD 🔥 my friends >>>

Tom

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