The Non-Negotiables

When you look someone in the eye and say it's non- negotiable, I take that to mean it's going to happen, it's a done deal, and you're going to do it. So tomorrow when you're planning your day, what are you going to include as your non-negotiables?
Will you exercise? Eat the right real food? Have shorter meetings? Get your reading done? Write something in your journal? Spend an hour uninterrupted int the world of your children? Or have an honest face to face conversation with your loved one, exploring what happened in their day? When you make something non-negotiable, you will make it happen because there's simply no other option.
The unfortunate thing is that when most people are looking at the most important parts of their lives, their language is, 'I'll try' or 'I should' or 'I hope to'. But when I work with people and ask, 'Is this really going to happen?', 'What are the non-negotiables for tomorrow?', the power comes back through their voice, their comments and their actions, and it shows me that nothing will stand in their way.