There’s an author and speaker named Og Mandino. I don’t know if he’s still around. He wrote about such things, and one of his sayings was, “Never greet the dawn without a map.” I always liked that. Have a map when you wake up in the morning; make sure you plan your day, because if you don’t frame how you want your day to be, somebody else will frame it for you. If you don’t have your clear priorities for the day, someone will make their problem your priority. Like, if they want you to do something else, if you don’t have a valid reason why you have to do your thing—because it’s already on your list—then they’re going to make you do their thing, and that way your life can get away from you. So, plan your day. It’s your day; it’s your life. You get to choose where you’re going to place your attention. So, plan your day ahead of time. Write it down.Once you have it on paper, you can just say, “Sorry, look at my list. I already have this.” And then set time-bound goals, because when they’re open-ended, then everyone thinks—as the Prabhupada said—"I will live for millions of years," but we don't, and our time is short. So it’s better if we demarcate an end point to whatever we want to do, even if it’s five minutes hence, or five days, or five years. Once you put the ending point, it gives you what’s called "forced efficiency." You know you have a certain amount of time. I notice for myself, whenever I’m going on a trip, that’s when I get the most efficient: the week before, two weeks before, the day before. I’m focused on what I have to get done before I leave. So, putting time-bound goals makes it imperative that I finish what I want to do. Of course, you have to be careful to plan in some time for yourself too, so you’re not always pushing—because we may need some balance in our life, right? Review of Previous Presentation and Initial Points – 0:00:09 Detailed Discussion on Principles of Determination – 0:01:12 Avoid Distractions and Narrowing Choices – 0:05:12 Plan Your Day and Setting Time-Bound Goals – 0:15:03 Strengthen The Bonds That Free You and Acting Morally – 0:26:47 Review Your Process and Celebrating Progress – 0:29:00 Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks – 0:33:41 ------------------------------------------------------------ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/ https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ https://thefourquestionsbook.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/ Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868 For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark For the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark ------------------------------------------------------------ #determination #practice #priorities #goalsetting #value #purpose #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose