“Don’t respond immediately based on your feelings. Take a step back, slow your roll, & think. Your feelings don’t require an urgent response!” — COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
The “Colonel’s” VFV Motivational/Inspirational Quotes & Message of the Day!
Good “Monday & April Fool’s Day!” Morning “Band of Brothers & Sisters,” and all great connections. Welcome to the new week and month from the “Colonel’s Foxhole” in Conroe, TX — 1 April 2024!
Today’s Message is: “Urgent Day!” Why Not?
“Balancing priorities and defining what is urgent and what is important makes a great leader. Leaders make urgent decisions when needed immediately. Important priorities should take thought, research, and evidence, not urgency. Do you know the difference between important and urgent?” — COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
More Awesome Quotes for Today’s Message:
“What is important is seldom urgent, and what is urgent is seldom important.” — Dwight Eisenhower
“Life’s persistent and most urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Sometimes the most urgent thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.” — Ashleigh Brilliant
“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” — James Allen
“The greats never sacrifice the important for the urgent. They handle the immediate problem and still make sure to secure the future.” — Bobby ‘Axe’ Axelrod
“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important!” — Stephen Covey
“Don’t confuse the urgent with the important.” — Unknown Author
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Ever notice how what seemed so urgent yesterday is a forgotten memory today? Leaders must filter out the urgent chaff from the important decisions that lead to getting the task accomplished.
Good morning Col Burrows and lol of my brothers and sisters here on VFV. If you want to live with God in eternity, it is urgent that you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and accept Him into your heart. Have a blessed day today and always.
Taken from:https://www.touchinglives.org/devotionals/important-versus-urgent
Important Versus Urgent
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“Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.” - Ephesians 5:15-16
Did you know that there is an unseen battle for your time? Ephesians 5:16 encourages believers to make the best use of time because the days are evil. But what does that mean? The phrase, “making the best…
Happy April Fool’s Day Colonel.
An Example of Urgent!