Hopefully you have a focus and spark of energy moving you into the new year! Whatever it is that you have decided to focus on, remember it is key to focus on one thing at a time. We are all so busy and literally obsessed with multitasking. Seems like that is the only way to be efficient and get things done, right!? If you really look back at the last time you found yourself doing a million things at once, think about how efficient you did each of those things? Did you succeed to the best of your abilities in each and every task? What about a time where you focused on one thing and one thing only? Was your performance and the outcome different? You can do a million things at once and do them OK but if OK is not your mission for this year and you are trying to achieve GREATNESS, doing and focusing on one thing at a time is going to be the key. Not only will you achieve greatness and efficiency but you will get to where you want to go faster, believe it or not. Sounds strange that you focus on less and get more done but the truth of the matter is more you focus on, at once, the less that gets done. Hummm Food for thought…
The next time you find yourself cramming as many things into a certain amount of time, stop yourself. If you find that you are trying to eat and read, text and drive, talk and e-mail, shop and talk on the phone, work and make your grocery shopping list, check e-mail in between working out, surf the net while trying to read a book, clean your house while trying to cook and do laundry, etc. Stop yourself. Pick one thing at a time and do it to the best of your abilities then move on to the next. It may seem like multitasking is one of the best things to master but in reality multitasking is simply being scattered in your own head. Try focusing on one single thing at a time and see how much more you get done not just OK but Great!
This concept is hard to master but as we roll into a new year, keep this in the forefront of your mind and give it a try. You will be amazed…