Hi Reader,

Welcome to the “To Getting It Done” Tools Newsletter, April 2024.

I hope you are doing well and getting successful results. I recommend you try different tools until you find one that works for you. You can accomplish anything with the right tool. Finding the right tool will help you:

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To getting it done!

Vr Mike

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BLUF: Do you want to know a secret to being successful? Just care!

I’ve often pondered my past and wondered how or what made me successful. I’m sure you all have as well. Don’t you sometimes wonder if there is a tool that could help you every time? Well, in over 40 years of doing this and lots of pondering, I believe there is a tool that is part of every success. It is a tool that inspires you to take action and keep moving forward. The tool is to" just care."

“Just care” is a tool you can combine with action that works every time you try to help someone or yourself, start or complete a task, or get a little bit better today.

I remember when I was stationed onboard my first submarine, USS MEMPHIS (SSN 691), homeported in Norfolk, Virginia. I was so proud to be there, worked very hard and was successful. I learned many things from my Shipmates, including taking action, discipline, and teamwork. Looking back, I’m reminded of one day when I was talking to an old Shipmate, who told me, “Yeo, just give a sh**!” Note: He called me Yeo because I was a Yeoman as an enlisted Sailor.

When he said that, I realized that was something I always did, meaning that I always cared about why I was doing it, what I was doing, and whom I was doing it for. You will notice that I replaced the word “sh**” with “care.” This has stuck with me ever since, and whenever I’m not sure what to do next, I remember to just care and take action.

You can apply this process to your thinking as well. Just care can apply to anything and can easily be a source of inspiration when you need a boost. How is that Captain Obvious? Well, here are a few examples:

JUST CARE and take action when:

Another person needs help.
You want to get better at something today.
You want to get started on that most important task today.
You want to finish that most important task today.
You want to do a great job at work.
You want to help out someone in your family or a friend or anyone for that matter.
You want to look good in your uniform or business suit.
You want to solve a problem and create opportunities.
You want to do a great job on that report due to the boss.
You want to study for the Navy advancement exam.
You want to save for the future.
You want to improve your skills or education to get a better job.
You want to improve your health and fitness or to lose weight.
Most importantly, if you want to take yourself to the next level, then just care and take action!

The list could go on forever, but you get the point.

As you can see, just care is a mindset. Whenever you adopt the mindset of “just care,” what you need to do next will come to you and enable you to take action, produce the best possible product, or do your absolute best in any situation.

Just care!

Vr Mike

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