Be ahead of yourself & acquit well in your work

It has been seen that as far as our individual output and efficiency are concerned, we generally do not address issues with clarity of thought. This is largely because of the fact that we have so much to do that bugs us, as a result we are unable to perform optimally and maintain ourselves at the top level of effectiveness. We tend to behave like a taxi driver who believes that driving his vehicle to the given destination in minimum time is all that matters.

Is being high-speed and hasty a good way and the best alternative? Well not always, because when you do things hurriedly, you do them unwisely and rashly. You tend to be lackadaisical and thoughtless in your approach. Consequently, you invariably fail to spot and overlook significant matters; and also go over the top of several things. The net outcome is that you are unable to grasp breaks, openings and prospects. 

The above notwithstanding, remaining ahead of yourself is an issue that is prized and whose discovery is necessary.

To be ahead of yourself is not synonymous with being impetuous and hurried. If you remain ahead of yourself, you remain more cognizant. The same taxi driver will be a better and successful person if he drives carefully, keeping the rules of the road and the density of traffic in mind.  In other words, you ought to focus ahead and consider each and every aspect that can influence your endeavours. Put in other words, this implies that you should be forward-looking and at the same time avant-garde. You have to be well-organized and effectual; and not abandon any one of them in favour of something else.  

The crux of the matter is that you have to be ready, set and primed. You would have completed all your preparatory actions, including appropriate and feasible monitoring procedures that are necessary. You would have mulled over things for all their probabilities so that you keep a check on not all and sundry, but issues that matter. You will harbor a watchful and attentive outlook simply because you have placed yourself at a spot where you have unencumbered thinking. Thus, you are automatically positioned ahead of the place where under normal circumstances you would be so that decision making is not only facilitated but also rendered better.

The inescapable requirement of remaining ahead of yourself is to be able to exercise complete control over yourself and your activities; this has to be a continual affair. You have to accord priorities to all activities so that you remain ahead. In no way should you accord precedence to the demands of others, unless they are essential for your own endeavours. If you get bogged down in attending to extraneous issues, rest assured that your day will be tense and distressing. This does not imply that you ignore others; what it implies is that you accord more importance and precedence to yourself. Your objective should be to try to finish off all pending tasks by the end of the day. And in case if you are unable to do so, you should be aware about them so that you can address them on the following day.

There are several other methods by which you can remain ahead of yourself constantly and unswervingly. The situation under which you operate will be different from others. Irrespective of any facet that you decide in which you want to remain ahead of yourself, the point to be always kept in mind is that you must initiate appropriate measures to be present there on numerous façades. If you remain ahead of yourself, you will improve upon your performance alright, but also realize that you position yourself in the lead more often than ever before.  

In a nutshell, being ahead of yourself means being pragmatically forward-looking. Your tenet should be to get up in the morning and look ahead to the things that you have on your ‘to do’ list; and completing them. You need not worry unnecessarily about things you have little control over. Instead, you should concentrate your mind on things that you can alter and avow to remain upbeat. And remember that success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.