I've been around long enough to know that all our efforts pay off, sooner or later. It doesn't matter if we are talking about reviewing already retained info for an exam or practicing your cake decorating skills to create that special cake for your son’s birthday.
If we focus on the task at hand, our efforts will be fruitful much earlier than if we were trying to “do” few things all at once.
But how do we get that focus? How do we concentrate on one thing and allocate all our efforts to the task at hand and do not get distracted by that million other things sitting there on our to-do list?
It's all about being organized and disciplined.
As many of the Success Gurus will tell you... you day can be and should be organized, so you CAN focus on the tasks on your list, get things done (preferably one-at-a-time) and in turn, feel accomplished.
We all know how great it feels to be able to look at your to-do list and see all the check marks! Oh... right... you don't have a to-do list!
No worries! You are not the only one! It took me months to focus enough to create one for every day. I used to think that writing stuff down was a waste of time. I'm all about saving time you know. Using your time wisely!
So with this original method of mine I had all my daily tasks, schedules, obligations, chores and everything else I was supposed to accomplish on any given day... stored "loosely" in my head (and sometimes on several pieces of paper - for good measure).
You know well, how that worked out for me most of the time.
Stressed, disheveled and always "running late", frantically looking for excuses and hoping that no one will know that my days (often filled to the brim) were just a tangled mess!
Focusing back to the task at hand, at any given moment is an act of discipline and concentration. It's almost a chore - if you please, and many of us think we are not capable of doing just that, especially if we work from home. Read more here.
If we focus on the task at hand, our efforts will be fruitful much earlier than if we were trying to “do” few things all at once.
But how do we get that focus? How do we concentrate on one thing and allocate all our efforts to the task at hand and do not get distracted by that million other things sitting there on our to-do list?
It's all about being organized and disciplined.
As many of the Success Gurus will tell you... you day can be and should be organized, so you CAN focus on the tasks on your list, get things done (preferably one-at-a-time) and in turn, feel accomplished.
We all know how great it feels to be able to look at your to-do list and see all the check marks! Oh... right... you don't have a to-do list!
No worries! You are not the only one! It took me months to focus enough to create one for every day. I used to think that writing stuff down was a waste of time. I'm all about saving time you know. Using your time wisely!
So with this original method of mine I had all my daily tasks, schedules, obligations, chores and everything else I was supposed to accomplish on any given day... stored "loosely" in my head (and sometimes on several pieces of paper - for good measure).
You know well, how that worked out for me most of the time.
Stressed, disheveled and always "running late", frantically looking for excuses and hoping that no one will know that my days (often filled to the brim) were just a tangled mess!
Focusing back to the task at hand, at any given moment is an act of discipline and concentration. It's almost a chore - if you please, and many of us think we are not capable of doing just that, especially if we work from home. Read more here.
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