Learn to ask, “If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?”
Learn to ask, “If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?”
For me, the Focusing Question is a way of life. I use it to find my most leveraged priority, make the most out of my time, and get the biggest bang for my buck. Whenever the outcome absolutely matters, I ask it. I ask it when I wake up and start my day. I ask it when I get to work, and again when I get home. What’s the ONE Thing I can do such that
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- Every minute of every day, ask yourself, “What is the most valuable use of my time, right now?” and then discipline yourself to work on only that task until it is complete.
Brian Tracy • No Excuses!
if he could do all of this successfully then it might be a better day
Nathan Hill • The Nix
My recommendation here is simple: work on at most one project per day. To clarify, I don’t intend for this single daily project to be your only work for the day. You’ll likely also have meetings to attend, emails to answer, and administrative nonsense to subdue (we’ll talk more about these smaller tasks in the upcoming proposition about containing
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