Don’t you just love checking things off your to-do list and
feeling very productive and efficient as a result? I did.
But as I learned from reading about the next myth that Rory
Vaden busts open in Procrastinate on
Purpose, it’s not just about being efficient, or even effective – it’s all
about efficacy – or getting results.
I know, it seems like
semantics.
The point is – it’s all too easy (as I know from personal
experience) to focus on all the things we did, rather than on what resulted from what we did.
Yes, I can look back at the dozens of notebooks sitting in
my office cupboard with lots and lots of to-do’s checked off – but more
importantly, what were my results? Did I make the world a better place? Did I create something of value? Did I
improve my bottom line in a significant way? Did I contribute to the whole?
Those are the questions I want to ask myself. Those are the
activities and tasks that I am choosing to focus on.
So here is my Monday suggestion to you, valued reader – take
a word of advice from those “Multipliers” who are truly successful, and start
focusing on those activities that actually get you the results that you want.
P.S. If you missed
reading about the other myths about time management that I wrote about, you can
catch up here:
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