Success Digest
with Olusegun Samson G.
Week 35
TODAY MATTERS
“Today offers the keys to two doors; one to a shameful tomorrow and the other to a glorious tomorrow. To open the later you must make today counts.”
~Olusegun Samson
The reason why today seems not to be like what we wanted to see is because we have successfully pile up too many empty yesterday. Often time we say to ourselves; ‘Tomorrow, I would start that,’ ‘I would become serious with the project tomorrow,’ I’ll go to that place tomorrow’ and so on. Then we wonder why our life seems not to make appreciable progress. If your life must be meaningful, you need to make the most of each day you are privilege to see.
Almost all of us too often underestimate what today really could offer. I learnt to do otherwise in a hard way. Sometimes ago, I came across an amazing financial freedom secret of keeping to oneself no matter what a portion of one earnings or income (at least one-tenth) and then invest them when substantial enough to do so. I said to myself; ‘what I’m earning today is too small, I will start saving tomorrow when I earn more.’ As days, months and years pass by; it becomes more difficult for me to save even while I was earning more.
But something happen one day that causes a paradigm shift in my mind. An opportunity came for me to acquire a very good property at usually very low price. I couldn’t afford it; since I have a poor savings. Effort to raise the money else where was also abortive. So I lost that golden opportunity; opportunity is an inpatient goddess, you know! She leave’s quickly those who meet her unprepared.
Then it occurs to me that if I had been saving at least one-tenth of my income since that day I learnt about it; I would have been able to afford to buy four or more of that property conveniently. Today matters!
My eyes became open to opportunities that are lost today because of one inability to make the most of yesterday’s potential. Today is very important and you need to make it count for a better tomorrow to come.
When you see a man still struggling to make hands meet at his old age, be sure he must had pile up for himself too many empty yesterday. Today’s emptiness is tomorrow’s pain. Never leave for tomorrow what could be done today.
You need to get started with that project, it’s time you take that decision, go for that exam, get serious with that relationship, start doing those things you plan to do to be fulfilled in life. Remember, today is the tomorrow you spoke of yesterday.
One of the secrets to a successful life, is maximizing the God’s given potentials made available for you per time. Be productive today; see each day as your opportunity to make things right and build a tomorrow devoid of regrets.
Say to yourself over and over again, “Today matters” and make the most of it. The ticket to that glorious tomorrow you seek is today; don’t throw it away carelessly.
Next week I will be showing you step by step, what you need to do to maximize today
Keeps Succeeding…,
