Concentrate On
Being Organized

A major factor in being organized is to concentrate on what matters to you at that time. If you want to improve your life, concentrate on being organized.

Most of the time, people just go about their lives without thinking too much or too hard. They don't concentrate that much. Unfortunately, if you do this, you will lose the ability to concentrate on whatever it is you want to do or need to do.

You need to concentrate on concentrating, especially when it matters the most.

Did you ever notice that when traffic is heaviest, you are the most into driving? Your natural concentration ability comes out. You ignore the radio and the passengers and drive like you mean it. You drive like you want to stay alive.

When a project is due today at 3:00 p.m. you will work at a fever pitch to get it done. You won't take a break for coffee or lunch. You won't even need to go to the bathroom that much. You are being organized and concentrating.

When you are watching the last few minutes of the big game. The score is close and it could go either way. You are into the game, concentrating. You will remember the details and the emotion. You will feel for the players. You will feel bad if your team loses and fantastic if they win.

When you are looking after small children you will be concentrating. Nothing will be as important at that time as watching over them. Being organized demands that.

I was swimming in a hotel pool with my son and my nieces and nephews a number of years ago. The other kids parents were socializing somewhere else in the hotel. The kids were bored and pestered the adults to let them go into the pool, as kids will do.

The adults didn't really want to watch the kids. They preferred to sit around and talk. So even though, they said they would be right over to the pool to watch the kids, I knew better. I hustled into my swimming suit and hurried to the pool.

By the time I got there most of the kids were already in the water. I jumped in to play with them and watch them. It was at least 45 minutes before any of the other adults wandered into the pool. Can you imagine, 4 to 8 year old children, swimming unsupervised in a hotel pool with no lifeguard? It's a disaster waiting to happen.

The same day this happened there was another group of people socializing by the pool. There were a few small children in the water that belonged to that group. The adults weren't in the water, they were busy talking in the lounge chairs back away from the water.

One little girl, about 7, was swimming toward the deep end of the pool. She was calling out to her parents or aunts and uncles to watch her swim. She was proud of her swimming.

The more she called out, the more tired she became. All of the adults ignored her or didn't hear her. I could tell she was getting tired. I was watching my son mostly. He was about 6 at the time. I was watching my nieces and nephews then too. But I kept an eye on the little girl.

Sure enough, she swam too far out and started to sink. She was too tired to swim and in over her head. I swam over to her and dragged her to the shallow end. She was fine, maybe a little scared.

Her parents finally came over and pulled her out of the pool. Not because of that, they were oblivious, but because they were leaving.

Being organized means concentrating on what matters at that time. Watch the children when they are in a potentially dangerous situation. Concentrate on your keys, your wallet, your job, your money, your car and your relationships. What else is there?

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