Work Less, Work Better, Work On The Right Thing
When you do too many things, you are dividing your time and energy. Rather than trying to manage our time and increase our productivity, doesn’t it make more sense to make sure we’re doing the right thing?
Managing our time and increasing our productivity is like buying shelves and storage boxes when your house is cluttered. All you do is shift things around, when all along, you needed to ask yourself what you really wanted to keep, eliminate the rest then set up the right systems for what was left.
“Here’s a simple question to ask before jumping into “all the work” you have to do:
What will happen if I don’t do this?
It’s remarkable how many things can be eliminated from your to-do list.”
— James Clear
A Big Question
Think about your most important goal or project and ask, “What will happen if I don’t do this?”.
I don’t remember much from reading Steven Covey’s 1988 bestseller “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” many years ago, but one image that stuck to my mind ever since was:
“It’s incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busy-ness of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it’s…
