WIN Strategy

WIN is an acronym for "What's important now?" the question I have always asked myself when facing tough decisions.  No matter what situation you are in, you should constantly ask yourself, "What's important now?"  If you have a test in the morning, but your buddies have tickets to a late night concert, "What's important now?"  If your team has an important game on Saturday and you need plenty of rest, but your roommate asks you to go clubbing, "What's important now?"  In some instances, the answers are easy.  If my car is in a ditch, what I'm having for dinner tonight isn't important.  If my wife comes home with a bad report from her doctor, the score I shot on the golf course tumbles down the importance list.  When I was a young child and my father was out of work for a week, leaving no food in the house, the question "What's important now?" had an easy answer: get out, work, hustle, and do whatever it took to survive.  The WIN strategy is as applicable in times of prosperity as it is during a depression.

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