Misplaced priorities dangers: 10 lethal dangers of misplaced priorities

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DANGERS OF MISPLACED PRIORITIES

What are misplaced priorities? How will one know that his\her priorities are misplaced? What are the possible dangers of misplaced priorities? These are questions that if answered correctly will give you a sense of self-discipline so as not to misplace priorities in your everyday life.

Funny enough, in life, the greatest tragedy is not death. That’s if death is really a tragedy to the dead. The greatest tragedy is living without well-defined priorities. Having said that, it is obvious that it is more tragic to live a life with misplaced priorities than to be dead.

In the religious point of view, it’s arguable that people were not just sent to this life to live but to achieve something that if it’s not done, it’s more like a wasted life i.e. our life is predestined. Relating that to priorities, it means we have priorities that should always be put first if our life is to be deemed meaningful.

Are you a student who was sent to school to read and gain knowledge, but you end up putting business and some extra-curricula activities first. I’m sorry to inform you, you have misplaced priorities. What about a parent, be it a father or a mother who spends more time at work or thinking of how to make more money than with the family most especially his/her children, priorities have been misplaced and it comes with its dangers.

The definition of misplaced priorities can be seen as giving more priority to something that indeed should require less priority from you at that point in time. Misplacing priorities will, therefore, lead to one losing that priority which was supposed to be the most important.

10 Lethal DANGERS OF MISPLACED PRIORITIES

Below are the dangers of misplaced priorities

TIME WASTING

Misplaced priorities are synonymous with a delay because the time and energy that is supposed to be channelled into whatever your priorities are, is now channelled into something else which will do little or no good for your general welfare at that point in time. Doing the right thing like so many people will argue won’t help your general course if you are not doing it at the right time

Time is one measure of life, time wasted is a life wasted, time saved is a life saved

Must read: 5 Highly Effective Time Management Principles

DIFFICULTY IN ACHIEVING YOUR GOAL

Whatever we do or whatever our priorities are, it’s all working towards certain goals. Misplacing priorities which leads to delay will, therefore, lead to difficulty in achieving such goal which will go a long way in affecting such person in a lot of negative ways. Being able to achieve your goal involves being able to properly define your priorities.

Decide exactly what you want in every area of your life; you can’t hit a target you can’t see

REGRETS

Regrets are negative psychological responses we get when things go wrong either because of our actions, inactions, failure etc. After the delay caused by misplaced priorities which can also lead to failure, regrets start engulfing the person involved which can lead to serious health issues if care is not taken. Often times the only way it can be overcome is if a second chance is given to correct ones wrong, which hardly ever happens and the feeling of regret will keep hunting such person for the rest of his\her mortal life.

In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take and the things we didn’t do that we ought to have done – DollyMchottney

LOSS OF INTEREST & COMMITMENT

We all know that people lose interest in whatever they fail to prioritize. I’ll like to also term it a loss of focus. And with loss of interest comes the loss of commitment. You would not commit to whatever you have lost interest in.

Though, there’s a big difference between interest and commitment. When you are interested in doing something, you do it when it’s convenient but when you are committed to something, you accept no excuses & shun distraction. So once there’s a loss of focus, interest and commitment, failure is inevitable.

DELAY

Misplacing priority is delay itself. The time that is supposed to be spent doing what is of greater importance is spent on unimportant things and this causes priorities to continually be moved if possible which could, in turn, result in a delay.

Change your life today, don’t gamble on the future, act now without delay

DISTRACTION

Misplaced priorities is usually caused by distractions and guess what? Yeah you guessed right, it leads to more distractions. This distraction is often difficult to overcome unless you consciously discipline yourself into actually prioritizing what really needs to be prioritized. Stop getting distracted by things that have nothing to do with your goals because you can’t do big things if you are distracted by small things.

Focusing on your priority help you do something but distraction makes you avoid doing anything

WRONG DIRECTION

Your priorities are the right direction. Any other direction that is contrary to the direction of your priority is a wrong direction. I doubt there is anything positive about the wrong direction because wrong directions only lead us to the wrong destination.

Small steps in the right direction are better than big steps in the wrong direction

STAGNANCY

To be stagnant means to be inactive; not changing, flowing or progressing. In other words, continually being in the same place for a long period of time. When moving in a wrong direction, there’s actually no positive change in your life. This is a form of stagnancy that can only be reversed when you start moving in a positive direction.

A stagnant life is worse than a life full of ups and downs

PROCRASTINATION

What’s the role of procrastination in misplaced priority? Well, it’s simple. When you misplace your priorities, it eventually results in you procrastinating your real priorities. Meaning no matter what u set your mind to do, the moment you lose or begin to misplace your priorities, you indirectly shift your real priorities without even realizing it.

Procrastination is like a credit card, its a lot of fun until you get the bill

must read: WHAT ARE THE DANGERS OF PROCRASTINATION

LOSING SIGHT OF WHAT’S IMPORTANT

Ever had priorities at a time and then you end up forgetting what your priorities really are while jumbled up or preoccupied with other things that are not actually that important? You find yourself losing sight of what’s actually meant to be important while pursuing the trivial many. And obviously, when this happens you find yourself not being able to achieve your intended goals.