Comments on: Productivity Tips #15: Focus On That Which Matters Most

By: Simple Productivity Blog

Simple Productivity Blog — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:04:26 +0000

By: TaskWriter

TaskWriter — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:16:33 +0000

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:40:10 +0000

I hope that everybody has a dream. A dream of becoming someone, of doing something, of being the owner of a certain thing that you very much desire. That are your higher goals. But obviously, to get to those goals, you have to have smaller ones, right? Do them one at a time, but be sure that everything you do takes you closer to your higher goals.

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:12:28 +0000

Reading this was very timely for me. I was in a fit of depression about so many things I wanted to get done,but just didn’t. I’ve found when I get like that, it’s good to push through by writing lists of what I can do to change my life.

Career goals are not a part of my planning as I’m now much older, and I can count the likely years left in single digits. Quality and happiness are so much more important now… but daily maintenance is so much harder, and occasionally, overwhelming. So my list becomes my immediate, short terms goals.

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:58:15 +0000

I completely agree, yet I also completely fail to focus on what’s most important. I’m involved in so many things and all of them I feel are important to me. I’ve tried cutting out some stuff to make room for what’s most important, but it hasn’t helped much.

What works for me is to use separate chunks of my time to focus on one thing only. Then, when the time is up, I focus on the next thing in the next chunk. That’s the best I could come up with, so far…

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:05:21 +0000

Agree. Recently I came to the conclusion that assignment of many smaller goals can lead to failure. As a result I am in the process of defining four major goals, and each day remind myself of how I want to achieve them.