A couple of days ago, I stumbled upon a fabulous Japanese sushi restaurant located at 1325 Finch Avenue West, Toronto called Oishi Sushi. I visited the place with a friend and the food was amazing; they have an array of affordable Japanese dishes and chinese cuisine. We ordered some roasted brown rice tea and I opted for the cucumber salad roll; it was basically crab, avocado, tobiko and mayo wrapped with cucumber. Simply delicious!
The menu arrived as we were deep in conversation. We talked about great things from the weather to interior decorating to communications and life. It was really interesting but there were a couple of things i took away from that conversation that I learnt were extremely important.
1. Have Plan of Progression: Yes, you’ve probably heard this so many times but how many people do actually tailor a plan for their lives and chart it? Most of the time, people make plans when they are so motivated and pumped only for the fire to fizzle out later on and it was like the plan never existed. Or when opposition comes and it seems like the plan is not really going to work out the way they thought it would, they chicken out.
The reason is that they did not build a plan of progression. Considering the amount of time we spend working, schooling, volunteering, parenting, nurturing that business, relationship or marriage; you better be sure that it will lead you towards your destination in life and ultimately, your goal. When you plan, you have short and long-term but in it all; there should be a progression because you want to plan towards achieving results that are sustainable; long-term and yield benefits for a very long time. In other words, know they “why” of whatever you are doing and do it well.
2. Streamline your plans: Zoom in on a central focus. Sometimes, people are everywhere and that’s why they experience so many highs and lows. One person can possess an array of various wonderful talents that are calling out for expression in so many different ways all at once but you need to focus on your strongest strengths and amplify them. Use them to your advantage because that is what makes you, YOU. Your style and abilities are unique to only you but it must have a focus or you’ll be running a merry-go-round in circles without really achieving any tangible results.
Also, you might want to do many different things at once but always pace yourself – one thing will always lead to another. And if you got it right; one progress will lead to another progress and the progress in your life keeps piling up. It requires for you to sit down and think a lot, as in stretch your mind and then ‘act’ but guess what? – You can do it!
