You can achieve almost anything in life…As long as you focus on achieving one thing at a time. It’s a time-tested strategy that’s been shared by many successful people.
Gary Keller and Jay Papasan even wrote a whole book about this simple idea. But don’t let the simplicity of this idea fool you. It’s one of the hardest things to implement in your life.
Last year, I published an article about focusing on one thing called “The Power Of Compounding.” I’ve received dozens of questions about it like, “I get the idea. But I struggle with putting it into practice.”
That’s because we, human beings, are fickle. Our desires are constantly changing. We pursue new things before we finish our old goals.
We’re dealing with an invisible force that is always trying to confuse us. Instead of focusing on one thing at a time, we set multiple goals, and think we can multitask ourselves to achieving them.
Focusing on one task at a time helps you get things done
When you’re trying to focus on multiple tasks at once, it’s easy to become scattered and feel like you’re not making progress on anything. When you focus on one thing at a time, however, you can give that task your full attention and make headway more quickly.
It’s easier to make mistakes when you’re trying to do too many things at once
If you’re not giving your full attention to one task, it’s easy to make small mistakes that can add up over time. When you focus on one thing, you can avoid these mistakes and produce better work overall.
Your Brain Can’t Multitask – It’s Impossible!
When you leave too many tabs open on your computer, it begins to lag and run slower. Well, your brain does the same thing. When you multitask, you are not effectively accomplishing anything, but instead you are forcing your brain to rapidly shift attention between all your tasks. But, by focusing on one thing at a time, you are allowing the computer in your head to run a lot better and faster!
Organically Enhance Your Mindfulness
Your attention should be treated like a muscle, and like a muscle, you need to train it to become stronger. Allowing your attention muscle to focus on one thing, the longer you will be able to support your focus. If you continue to successfully singletask, your mindfulness will increase organically and all those distractions will inevitably decrease too!
Become More Efficient With Your Productivity
Being productive with your work requires your energy, focus, and time. Surprisingly, you would think that multitasking would get more done in less time, but it actually does the opposite. It takes way more time to multitask than it would if you focused on one task at a time.
Additionally, by focusing on one thing at a time allows you to think clearly, think creatively, become more solution-oriented, and become more pensive overall with your task. Allowing yourself to value one task at a time, results in meaningful productivity.
