Organizing Pays
Not long ago I went to an outdoor event where the parking area was a pasture. There were no parking lines laid out and those who drove in just parked wherever they could in a hodgepodge fashion. The consequence of that parking tangle was that the attendance to the event was limited. Many left because they couldn’t find a place to park where there should have been plenty of room.
After the event, it was a miracle there weren’t fatal accidents with pedestrians and cars trying to flow in and around each other. Tempers flared and the pleasant experience of the event was lost in the frustration before and after. The lack of parking organization was a bottleneck to the success of the entire event.
With a little bit of planning, having someone out directing the parking into neat rows could have made a huge difference. They could have even charged a limited amount for the parking to pay for the extra expense. And then people would have been pleased with the ordered way they found their spots, attended the event then easily made their way through the rows back to their cars and exited in a reasonable manner.
Instead, they lost at least 30% of the revenue because they didn’t think of organizing one little detail.
What about the little details in your own life. What if you took 5 minutes at the beginning of each day to plan out what you have to do and what you want to do? And what if during that time, you asked yourself, “Am I doing what would be most effective in getting me to where I want to end up in life?” If the answer to that question is, NO, then perhaps a short adjustment in your plans is in order.
You’ll never find a definite destination by taking an indefinite path.
