This is Steve Robbins.

Welcome to the Get It Done guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

It's fun to be young.

Other people take care of us.

They solve our problems.

They feed us.

They clothe us.

And they wipe our chins when we accidentally dribble.

Oops.

They even give us goals.

Get an A.

Graduate from high school. Build a drone that can spy on the neighbors. Stuff like that. And then we hit the real world. And there's no one driving

our lives except us. But sometimes we don't notice the change. We just keep waiting for the

direction from other people that will never, ever come again.

Have you ever had the thought, I wish that they would take care of this? I wish that someone

would clean up around here. Oh, I wish the government would bring back my job. I wish my company

would train me on the skills that I need for a promotion.

These thoughts are red flags. When you encounter them, it is a sure sign that you are still

living reactively. If you want to drive your own life, you need to be proactive.

Don't wait for permission. Being proactive begins with not waiting for others to tell you what to do.

Now, we could wait for instructions from bosses, assignments from teachers, or suggestions

from our schmuppies.

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