Read that again.
When was the last time you did one thing?
Not two, not six, not four.
Checking email, eating breakfast. Halfheartedly listening to your partner while making a list of grocery items. Calling your mom while watching CNN and scanning your iPad for Facebook updates.
We’re bombarded. We’re hungry for information and validation and surprise, and we are impatient.
One of the most valuable things you can do for yourself and for your clients and for your family and for your relationships is to make the decision to commit to one action. Give each moment your all, and watch what happens.
Fight and focus and concentrate to be 100% there, fully tuned into the messages you’re receiving and what you’re sending to those around you. You don’t want to miss that big shot you’ve been waiting for just because you were too preoccupied to notice it.
The person you wanted to meet (and who wanted to meet you) might have been at the party, but you weren’t there to meet them.
Commit to the present today.
Great post. The only time I do just one thing is eating.
Find me a job description that says, “You do one thing at a time, you do it very well, then you move on.” Now that would grab my attention!! Unfortunately, we see more job ads that read, “You must be an experienced multi-tasker who can manage multiple competing priorities in a challenging, fast-paced work environment.”
We are so convinced that cramming as much as possible into one moment is the best way. Are we seeing increased efficiency? Better quality?
Bravo to the employer who seeks skilled artisans/workers/employees who demonstrate knowledge across verticals.
Standing ovation to the employer who provides the space and freedom to see how high these verticals can reach with the right encouragement and flexibility.