Here’s the point of this CitySpeak episode:  Think long-term, the rewards are great!

In today’s CitySpeak podcast, I present three (3) important benefits we can all enjoy from “thinking long-term”… about our careers, our relationships, and our life in general.  Here they are as follows:

1. Long-term thinking… allows us to weather economic recessions like any planned event.

2. Long-term thinking… is smart, short-term thinking is not smart.

3. Long-term thinking… gives us greater health, wealth, and happiness.

My grandfather reminded me constantly, saying, “A prepared man is worth two”.  And we have all heard the general definition of “luck”, right?  It says, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity”.  Also, another saying, “Good luck is the result of good planning”.  Lastly, I like the saying, “The harder I work, the luckier I get”.

There are many, many more sayings I could quote, but they all have the same theme, “Plan long-term, work hard even when nobody is watching, and good things come to those who wait”.

In today’s CitySpeak podcast, I’m taking these sayings and adding a twist to make it my own, and here it is:  “Think long-term about everything you sow or plant and you will reap proportionately”.

What do I mean by this?  Basically, you reap what you sow, but with a lot of examples and stories to support this point to show why thinking long-term is the smart way to think and realize greater rewards than thinking short-term, which is not smart.