THE IMPORTANCE OF SETTING PRIORITY

The Principal Thing.

                Let me start by asking you

what is your purpose in life as a person,

what are your values,

what are your skills(High degree of accountability, credibility and assertiveness, Excellent planning, analytical and organizational skills),

what do you believe in or what do you stand for.  

Have you ever asked yourself what is the purpose of Mankind?

For us to be able to follow this teaching well let us take a look at the Bible I think it is the best book that has ever stated the purpose of man let’s look at (Gen 1:26)

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

This document the most important declaration ever made regarding mankind.

It declares the motivation, nature, purpose and mandate behind mankind’s creation.

Dominion is the purpose of man’s creation and existence. Power is natural in the human spirit.

If we are to overcome confusion in our lives, families, job places, businesses and communities and overcome the threat of self-destruction as leaders, entrepreneurs, youths and so on we must do and always do the principal thing which is setting priorities.

The greatest secret to living effectively and efficiently on earth is understanding the principle and power of priorities.

To be able to set the right priorities as youths, future leaders, entrepreneurs, and so on, it is necessary that we know the following concerning priorities

-         Time. How we use our time everyday eventually defines our lives. Success in life is measured by the effective use of one’s time. Your time is important because your time is your life. The key to effective use of your time is establishing correct priorities. When you use your time for intentional purposes, your time is not abused or wasted.

-         Identifying the correct and right priority of life is the key to a successful and fulfilled life.

-         The greatest tragedy in life is not death but a life without a purpose that is Life with the wrong priorities

-         Life’s greatest challenge is in knowing what to do

-         Life’s greatest failure is to be successful in the wrong assignment

-         When your priorities are correct, you preserve and protect your life

-         Correct priority is the principle of progress because when you establish your priority according to your purpose and goals then your progress is guaranteed

-         Correct priority protects your energy.

-         Correct priority protects your talents and gifts

-         Correct priority protects your decisions

-         Correct priority protects your discipline

-         Correct priority protects your life.

Failure to establish correct priority causes you to waste your two most important commodities that is your time and energy. When your priorities are not correct, you will find yourself busy with the wrong things, majoring on the minor, doing the unnecessary or becoming preoccupied with the unimportant. Incorrect priorities in your life will cause you to invest in the less valuable, engage in ineffective activity and abuse your gifts and talents. Ultimately it will cause you to forfeit purpose which results in failure.

Why is this principle of priority so important in our discussion? Because if priority is the essence of life then we should want to know what our priority in life should be so that we can live effectively.

You must be a seeker when it comes to priority. This means to pursue, study, explore, understand, learn and consider. Seekers must have a desire to know and possess a passion for the object of their search.

Identify your top priority. The principal thing to place before all others as the most important. We must place the highest value. Your highest priority has no competition.

In conclusion here is what I have to tell you “there is no speed you can make in the wrong direction that can take you to your destination, it will only take you farther way so make the right priorities today and live an efficient and effective life.

Allot of us wait to do a great deal of good at once and at the end we never do anything. As leader, entrepreneur you must start from somewhere and to start effectively state your priority.