Well, it was inevitable.  Yesterday, I talk about the squeaky wheel and it seemed like that was all I worked on yesterday.

I have discovered something over the years of study as related to personal motivation.  I believe Tony Robbins said that we humans ...will either run from pain or run towards pleasure.  We can see this in most parts of our lives.  Whether we are running away from the pain of the squeaky wheel by "doing it and getting it off our plates" (which is also associated with pleasure) or running towards the (my problem) high fat foods because of the pleasures associated with food.

I believe we need to refocus our energies to look at our world differently. Whether we are dealing with squeaky wheels, eating unhealthy, not exercising, or avoiding something unpleasant,  we need to recognize the pains and pleasures associated with these events.

In my case, it is painful to exercise but the pleasure will be in the way I ultimately feel and look.  Likewise, It is painful hearing that squeaky wheel but If I concentrate on the higher priorities the pleasure will be in my effectiveness and how I look to upper management.

So, by reevaluating the situation, we can find the pleasure in doing the right things.  We need to concentrate on those pleasures, and we will have the tendency to be more productive, healthy, or whatever we set out to do.

Okay, that is my random thought of the day.  Now, go out there and reevaluate your situation and run towards that pleasure.

Well, it is Wednesday and as we begin another day, we need to look at; what do we want to achieve today.  I know we may have some grand plan of accomplishments but in reality, how may of those objectives do we typically accomplish.

A good sign of our overall influence or effectiveness can be measured by this very activity.  Some people will "handle" only what is before them while the highly productive person will acknowledge the task before them and "add it to the perverable list" (how do you spell that?) and reevaluate the priority. 

The focus today should be on the higher priority not the squeaky wheel.  Yesterday I was confronted with a task that was of a lower priority but a co-worker kept pushing a particular task. (squeaky wheel)  It just got to the point that I took five hours out of my busy day to get this task off my plate.

If I could suggest anything, I would concentrate on the important issues or tasks at hand while acknowledging, but not working on, the squeaky wheel.  This is something I know I need to work on.

Just a note this morning.  I did not choose to add an entry this morning before work because I was up until after midnight working on this site.

I am trying a new blog software called Movable Type.  So far I am not impressed.  I know that with everything new, a learning curve will result.  With that said, I will use this for a while until I begin to see the advantages and disadvantages.

Well, as you may have experienced when you type www.whatiz.com, you got this screen:
Well, I will try getting this fixed soon.

Okay, that is it for now.  Hopefully I will have more information for you later.  Tell your friends and family that Whatiz is back.

I wish to thank the president of www.neptunewaxmotor.com for donating a new server to www.whatiz.com.