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Do It
Now
by Commissioner Wesley
Harris
IT is said that
confession is good for the soul and so that is the place for
me to begin. I
admit that when I began life as an officer I was a deep-dyed
procrastinator. Some of my fellow lieutenants had what they
called ‘LBW files and they were
not referring to the
cricket term, ‘Leg before wicket’ but rather, and to their
shame, ‘Let the beggars wait’. I shared their guilt by arguing
that I should not do
today what could wait until tomorrow.
For the sake of
emphasis I will continue to exaggerate
and say that I could
have papered a room with reminder notices from divisional
headquarters and I must remorsefully wonder whether saintly
divisional secretaries might have been in danger of losing
their salvation while waiting for my long awaited returns!
Be that as it
may. I am glad to
testify that I had a Damascus Road
experience. I told myself that I was quite capable of coping
with my correspondence if, instead of stuffing letters I
received into a drawer, I would deal with them as they
arrived. Presto, it was simple as that!
I took the simple motto, ‘Do it now!’ and it made a
world of difference.
Mind, I will
admit that there are exceptions to prove the rule.
Some decisions are better for waiting, Some matters
call for conference and further
consideration. But
that should not be used by procrastinators as what my
Australian comrades would call a‘cop out’
We should not put off until tomorrow what could and
should be done today – so do it now!
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