- Focus on One Task at a Time Gets the
Job Done Right
- by: Jan Hayner
So many times, we are so overwhelmed
by the amount of things that need to be accomplished that we
do not know where to start and we find ourselves running around
in circles. It's hard enough to 'just keep up', without the thought
of actually getting ahead, so we tend to take on too many tasks
at one time. We try so hard to become super human by having the
perfect lifestyle that we are never really accomplishing things
to the best of our ability or getting the task done one hundred
percent of the way.
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This is the time to step back
and take a look at what it is that we are trying to do and to
stop trying to beat the clock. Pick out your number one priority
task and stick with it until it is totally accomplished. For
some unknown reason, we seem to think that if we are doing three
things at one time that we are really accomplishing things in
record time. Step back and take a look at what you have done
and you will see a multitude of mistakes and ways that you can
tweak every job that you did.
We need to learn how to FOCUS
on the task at hand. One job plus one thought, equals one accomplishment
that is well done. As long as we have the thought of mind to
focus on what we are doing and trying to accomplish.
Doing more is not always better
if you haven't done the job well. It just means that you have
accomplished more jobs to a certain percentage of completion,
but have not finished any of them. |
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Focusing on what the job is, how
you want to do it, what the expectations upon completion of the
job are and how long it will take you to achieve it will get
you a lot further. These little hints may help,
- Take the bigger jobs first while
you are full of energy, stick a small job in between two larger
jobs.
- Focus on your final goal with
the job you are working on.
- Make sure that you have all
of the tools handy to achieve the completion of the job.
- Do as many jobs as you can 'finish'
in the amount of time that you have allotted.
- Don't let your mind wonder to
other things that need to be done, add them to your list of things
to do and schedule them in.
- As your energy drains, take
a break and re-energize, even if that break is only for 10 minutes,
it will give you new vitality.
By focusing on a task, your mind
will energize until the completion of the task because you are
only going to complete that particular task. When you are finished
with it, your mind will know that you have completed a job and
did it well, by your eyes seeing how different it looks. Your
body works together and sends signals to other parts of your
body; it lets the brain know when to be stressed and when to
feel content. So focus on the task at hand and you will be amazed
at how much faster, a better quality of work and less stressful
it will be to your body as a whole. |
