The second pitfall to getting things done is that people try and do too much at once; they don’t undertake the discipline of prioritization and they get overwhelmed making a little bit of progress on a whole bunch of different things – instead of making a lot of progress on a few, key things.
When you try and do too much, you don’t actually get anything done well.
First, in last week’s newsletter we discussed how to avoid getting stuck in the status quo and one key was to envision the future state and create a list of your goals. Now, for just a moment look back at your list of goals in your future state. If you were limited to just three goals that you would pursue today, which three would you choose?
Take a moment to write those three goals down.