Here is some information which will help you out. If you see anything familiar, good luck to you. I know that I have been trying to get this right for some time now. I am a work in progress. You are too.
1. I believe that if anything is worth doing, it would have
Have a great week.
These are batles which I must fight to get things done. These are some of the issues which I have been trying to work through over the past several decades. I still don't have it right. But I am trying.
forever.
10. I will never put off until tomorrow, what I can forget about
9. I shall always begin, start, initiate, and/or write the first word, when I get around to it.
8. I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to change my mind.
7. If at first I don't succeed, there is always next year.
regardless of the amount of time given.
6. I truly believe that all deadlines are unreasonable
from my obligations.
technologies, astounding discoveries, and a reprieve
5. I firmly believe that tomorrow holds the possibility for new
missing them.
the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from
4. I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to
consideration.
3. I will never rush into a job without a lifetime of
find excuses.
2. I shall never move quickly, except to avoid more work or
been done already.
About the Author
Dr. Harry Carter
HARRY R. CARTER, Ph.D., who is a Firehouse contributing editor, is a fire protection consultant based in Adelphia, NJ. He is chairman of the Board of Commissioners in Howell Township Fire District 2 and retired from the Newark, NJ, Fire Department as a battalion commander. Carter has been a member of the Adelphia Fire Company since 1971, serving as chief in 1991. He is a life member and past president of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors and life member of the NFPA. He is the immediate past president of the U.S. branch of the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) of Great Britain. Carter holds a Ph.D. in organization and management from Capella University in Minneapolis, MN.
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