Limitations are healthy

One of the most dangerous things on the planet is a lack of limitations. Having no limitations is an absolute receipt for destruction. Most of us know this but yet we don't practice setting limits in our life. In real life, we hate having limits set. Look at professional athletes; many of them don't set limits and the results are stinky.

• TO...not limits on his mouth
• Mike Tyson...no limits on his money
• Chad Johnson...no limits on his ego part II
• MLB and steroids...no limits on discipline

Since I am a new parent, let me look at my two sons. I set limits on my kids all the time. Without limits, can you imagine the results? We limit:

• Hours awake (my son Teddy has a high motor and if up to him, this 4 year old may never go to bed)
• TV (Thankfully we don't watch much TV...in fact if up to Teddy; he would be outside or playing 24/7). But we are mindful of how much TV they get.
• Junk Food (we are not as good as we should be but we do watch this...again thankfully, my sons would rather have corn in a can than ice cream...weird I know)
• Toys...we simply need to clean house and drop the hammer in this area!

Setting Limits: This is hard work and I am knee deep right now but I know the payoff is going to be huge. I am going through all areas of my life and business and setting limits (or recognizing that in the future I need to address it). Why am I doing this? Because setting limits forces me to make choices! It's these choices that we make that make us. Without limits, a person doesn't need to make any choices. And that is dangerous. Life is choices.

• Good choices = Good life
• Sloppy choices = Sloppy life
• Lazy choices = Lazy life

I am working on setting these limits that forces me to make choices. And by going through these "push-ups" the next step is to identify the critical things. Identifying the critical things or what I call Master Targets, allows us to accomplish the meaningful things in life. Things I am addressing:

1. Limit emails (and checking emails)
2. Limit computer time
3. Limit clutter (home and office)
4. Limit distractions...focus on one priority at a time
5. Limit "noise" in work and home

More to come on this but the key is to recognize the importance of limitations and how healthy they are....and then start identifying the areas where you need limitations.