Bright shiny objects (BSOs) are the little things that glitter in your path as you move along in life. BSOs are usually more interesting than whatever you are currently working on because they are new and exciting.
Although many other traits in your power arsenal are also essential, I truly believe that focus is the driving force of them all.
It may not seem obvious how critical focus is to your success. What becomes obvious is what happens when you lack focus. You’re distracted from essential tasks. You become unproductive. You don’t get things done that need to be done. You spread your efforts over a variety of tasks instead of a few and end up working on a lot of things, but not getting anything done. You start feeling frustrated. You begin to believe that you can’t reach your goals, or you stop setting goals altogether, or at best you set simple goals that are easy to reach and not the “stretch goals” that can truly change your life.
Worst of all, the BSOs that contribute to your lack of focus cause you to feel unworthy of success altogether because you think that you aren’t capable of performing up to your capability. [Read more…]
With the start of the new year it seems that everyone is making New Year’s resolutions. While it’s extremely common to set a resolution, it’s unfortunately far less common to actually see it through. One reason is that people tend to take on too many goals at once. But how many is too many?
Do you set goals such as “get more done” or “make more money” and then say that goal setting doesn’t work because you didn’t reach your goals? One problem is that you wouldn’t know if you did reach them. What does “more” mean—an increase of 10%? Doubling? Tripling? The first step toward getting what you want is setting SMART goals.
This week’s Monday Morning Message from Wm. H. Danforth, founder of Ralston Purina:
This week’s Monday Morning Message from Wm. H. Danforth, founder of Ralston Purina: