--- title: Put This On Your Don’t Do List description: Put This On Your Don’t Do List --- - [2020 EOS Conference](https://eosconference.com/) - Request a Speaker - [Become an EOS Implementer](https://eosi.eosworldwide.com) - [Find an EOS Implementer](https://eosimplementers.com/) - Contact - [**Login to Base Camp**](https://bc.eosworldwide.com) - [Base Camp](https://www.eosworldwide.com/base-camp-overview) - [Blog](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog) [MENU](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/3095/eos/put-this-your-dont-list/#sidr) - What is EOS? - [EOS Model](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-model) - [EOS Process](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-process) - [EOS Toolbox](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-toolbox) - [EOS History & Team](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-story-team) - [EOS Implementers](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/what-is-an-eos-implementer) - Why EOS Works - [Why EOS Works](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/why-eos-works) - [Real World Results](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/testimonials) - [EOS Books](https://www.eosworldwide.com/traction-library) - [EOS Tools](https://www.eosworldwide.com/eos-tools) - [Base Camp](https://www.eosworldwide.com/base-camp-overview) - [**Get Started**](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/get-started) - [Find an EOS Implementer](https://www.eosimplementers.com) - [Become an Implementer](https://eosi.eosworldwide.com) - [Contact](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/contact) - [Base Camp Login](https://basecamp.eosworldwide.com) - [Blog](http://blog.eosworldwide.com) - [Request a Speaker](https://www.eosworldwide.com/book-a-speaker) - [2020EOS Conference](https://eosconference.com/) Close ![Header-Placeholder.jpg](https://info.eosworldwide.com/hs-fs/hubfs/eos-blog2.jpg?width=1678&name=eos-blog2.jpg "Header-Placeholder.jpg") ## EOS Worldwide Blog Advice and Insight for Entrepreneurs and Leadership Teams ##### Search the Blog : # [Put This On Your Don’t Do List](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/3095/eos/put-this-your-dont-list/) Written by[Don Tinney](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/author/don-tinney) on June 13, 2011 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [Implementers](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/implementers) [EOS](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/eos) [IDS](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/ids) Success comes from making good choices about what to do and what NOT to do. Often our biggest breakthroughs occur when we decide to stop doing something. So here’s something we can all put on our Don’t Do List that will change our lives positively forever: STOP discussing the past! It’s history. Its only value is in what it teaches you to help make better decisions in the present. Therefore, whenever you find yourself talking about something in the past, stop and ask: Is this an unresolved issue? If so, IDS it. Identify the underlying root cause of the issue, discuss the possible ways to resolve it and then solve it – define the actions steps you or other individuals will take to eliminate the issue forever. It’s done. Now you can quit wasting a whole lot of time and emotional energy talking about and rehashing it. Is this something that worked in the past that has relevance for today? Great! If you aren’t presently capitalizing on it, decide how to best incorporate whatever it is into your present: 1) Include some procedures into your processes that make it part of how you do what you do going forward. 2) Define a goal in your 1-Year Plan and/or a Rock or Rocks to make that good thing from your past part of your present reality. Once you properly deal with whatever there is from your past, you can focus all your discussions on your present and future. Put “discussing the past” on your Don’t Do List today, follow the simple steps above and I promise you’ll experience a much better present. --- More Blog Posts: ← [Finding the Silver Bullet](http://blog.eosworldwide.com/blog/3093/eos/finding-the-silver-bullet/) | [Are Your Profits Growing?](http://blog.eosworldwide.com/blog/3097/eos/are-your-profits-growing/) → ![eos-tools-dark.jpg](http://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/eos-tools-dark.jpg "eos-tools-dark.jpg") ## Unlock The Toolbox. Simple tools that empower entrepreneurs to get what they want from their businesses. [![EOS-logo-web-500](https://info.eosworldwide.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EOS-logo-web-500.png?width=250&name=EOS-logo-web-500.png)](https://eosworldwide.com)   ### Follow EOS on Social: #### Subscribe to Email Updates: