A Dead End is a Good Place to Turn Around By Judith Albright
When I was a child my father loved to take us for rides on Sunday afternoons. Rarely did we have any idea where we were going or might end up. As we wandered along the roads, back roads and even cow tracks near our town, we often found ourselves in strange places.
More than once we ended up on a road that ended in the middle of nowhere or that came to an abrupt end at a barbed wire fence. When that happened, my dad simply laughed, turned the car around and said, “Well, at least we know where we aren’t going.”
There are many ways to succeed on a short-term basis. If life were a three-day weekend, it wouldn’t be hard to know what to do, and it wouldn’t really matter any way. Life is a marathon and not a sprint. 
You probably have some positive changes you’d like to make in your life — in your career, relationships, or health and fitness. You know that if you make those changes you will be happier and more successful.
Busywork has a bad rep. Keeping yourself (or someone else) busy doing meaningless or unnecessary tasks, simply for the sake of avoiding idleness, seems like a pointless waste of energy. 
When my brother Scott and I started our business at ages 21 and 22 – we had a lot of people tell us that we would never succeed. They told us we were too young, inexperienced, and that it was too hard.
Your talents, intellect, wisdom and innovation are gifts.
As a very young man, still in college, I came to the conclusion that I wanted to pursue a career as an entrepreneur. I have done this for several decades and have never regretted it. While there have been the inevitable challenges and setbacks, I prefer to be the captain of my own ship.
To achieve all your goals and become everything you are capable of becoming you must get your time under control.