Hanging above my desk:
Immediately
Cheerfully
Completely.
I will.
I was with friends one day talking about whatever it was we were talking about. And one friend said he tells his children, when doing their chores, that they will do them “immediately, cheerfully, completely”.
I thought about that for days.
One day I called him and asked him to repeat what he had told me.
I wrote it down.
Added the “I will” and posted it above my desk. It’s been there for a few years now.
I’ve managed to master the “immediately” pretty well. I don’t like putting off things I am not looking forward to doing. It seems if I do it and get it over with I am much happier. I don’t have to spend all day with the dreading of it.
I am almost anal about “completely”. I like to check things off.
Cheerfully, I can’t say I don’t get grouchy or grumpy. But I do like to treat my coworkers kindly. And any uncheerfulness is usually in regards to something totally out of my control. So I need to learn to let that go.
But I thought my friend’s words of direction for his children made for a good rule of thumb in regards to work ethics.
I like sharing words of wisdom. Which means they weren’t my words. But I was wise enough to appreciate them.
And on an unrelated and random as can be note:
I plan on eating some chocolate peanut butter ice cream this evening.
I will do so, immediately, cheerfully, and completely.
Words to live by, and ice cream eating is good plan too.
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Soon to not be part of our plan. 😉
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Very wise words. Well worth following. I think I may follow you in regards to plans for ice cream, too. Immediately, cheerfully, and completely. I will. 🙂
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That is the only way to eat ice cream! 😉
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Kudos to you for your dedication – practicing what you preach! Very good life teaching there… As for the ice cream, one friend was missing. It should read, “I will do so, immediately, cheerfully, completely and Koji.” 🙂
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I guess I can’t complain about your menu choices when my dinner menu includes ice cream a time or two too often. 😉
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Nononono! It was a play on words. Your friends’ names were Immediately, Cheerfully, and Completely… Pretty bad, eh?!?! Lol
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Ha! 😉 Nothing you say is “pretty bad”. Maybe you get an eye roll, but never a “pretty bad Koji”. 😉
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*does the eye roll thing for you Colleen … and I learnt the eye roll thing from the child…so it is an AWESOME eye roll*
*rolls my eyes*
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Thank you Irish Katie! 🙂 But shhhhhhh, don’t tell Koji. 😉
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Words to live by, especially when it comes to completing remedial tasks! Great post.
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Thank you Thomas. I wish I had these words when my kids were little. Not only so they could hear them, but that I could hear them as well!!!
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Great ethos. 🙂
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He’s pretty smart that friend. 😉
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(。◕‿◕。)
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Must make a copy immediately, cheerfully and completely.
Love it.
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Oh! Good one Tess! 🙂
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i spent the whole post saying mournfully to myself ” I rarely do anything completely” until the very end when you spoke of eating the ice cream, then I thought “Actually some things I do do completely!”.
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Well, you also read the post to the end. Which means you did TWO things completely. Wait, one you were mournful for part of….but wait…you ended cheerfully so that is credited as well! 🙂 Kudos Tric!!!
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Maybe I’m maturing! 🙂
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🙂
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Ease back on the completely with ice cream, because you need to share with me or I won’t be cheerful…lol
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HA! 🙂 Okay, good point.
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😉
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Colleen, This post has many meaning, probably as many as you have readers. I immediately related it to some of the meals my wife cooks. Believe she is a wonderful cook, and I truly enjoy 95 pct of what she cooks, but for those 5 pct, I immediately eat everything on my plate that I like the least, using the rest of the meal to clean my palatte, while cheerfully telling how much I love this particular meal, and how it is always completely cooked the way I love it. Take care, Bill
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Great application of this Bill! 😉 I wish I had done this as a child with cooked carrots. Blech!!!
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Brilliant!
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He is. 🙂
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I love these words of wisdom! I am writing them down and presenting them to my kids! Also, I see what you mean about the ice cream. Not only is ice cream one of my biggest down falls but my husband brought home a peanut butter/chocolate ice cream last week which I have never had. It was the most amazing thing! It is gone! I finished that off Immediately, Cheerfully and Completely!
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OH MY GOLLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Melissa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT IS MY FAVORITE ADDICTION! I mean, ice cream. That stuff is incredible. Two cartons purchased Saturday, two cartons gone by Monday night. No shame!!!!! 😉
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It is a good thing you saved that ice cream comment to the end of your blog post. Seriously nod nods. If it was the first thing, I do not think I would have noticed the other good parts of the blog!
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😉 I usually lead with ice cream. I must have been inspired. 😉
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The meaning of obedience simplified. Wonderful share Colleen. I am going to put that up for me AND my kids. 🙂
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I stare at it above my desk and STILL need reminded of it. 😉
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“obedience” especially to anything good and from above, takes a lifetime to learn 😉
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Amen. 🙂
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That is an awesome quote for getting shit done! I think I will immediately cheerfully and completely go do the laundry now 🙂
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Hahahahahahahahahahaaha! I love this comment.
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I Immediately, cheerfully, and completely wrote those words down on my bulletin board with a bunch of other quotes I really like!
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Fantastic! They are great words aren’t they? But I have to give credit to my friend who said them to me. 🙂
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You write words of wisdom with every post! I am sure there are a lot of people who have copied something you have written and hung it in their work space! Love the post!
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Oh Marsha, I can’t take credit for this one. My friend is truly the one who said them (I just don’t assume I can use his name). Don’t you love it when something just makes sense?? And helps?
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