That sounds odd and contradictory doesn’t it? We’ve always been taught, throughout our
career to be “well-rounded”, by our mentors, managers, and coaches. But the reality is that you can’t accomplish everything
you’d like to accomplish quickly or in a fast manner. You need to decide where your speed will
count most. Decide where your growth can
make the biggest difference, then drive
your motivation in that direction.
Fast growth requires sacrifice. It requires you to ‘steal’ from other areas
in your life, to take from one area and give to another. It requires making trade-offs and serious
compromises. You need to ration your
resources—your time, your energy and your attention.
Fast growth sometimes requires ‘greediness’ and it takes a
lot to satisfy and achieve fast growth.
Why do people make sacrifices to achieve this?—Because this is what
you’re betting on to protect your future.
Some of the things that have been eating up your time and
energy can be sacrificed or traded off, can’t they? All of the clutter that you’ve allowed to
creep into your life that really doesn’t contribute anything to your
future. The routines you follow out of
habit, and the urgent, trivial gunk that nags at you for attention, yet gives
you nothing to help you grow. It’s time
to push these time-wasters to the side.
Think ‘few’, concentrate only on the essentials, and decide
what you can IGNORE.
Most of us have too many choices available to us, and this
seriously complicates our time management.
It also causes stress and stunts our development. To speed our growth we must simplify. What this comes down to is deliberately
managing choices out of our lives.
Instead of scattering yourself, responding rapidly to the odds
and ends around you, decide what really matters and what really counts. Downsize your daily activities. Don’t blunt your personal development by
trying to do too many things at once.
Only by sharply focusing yourself can you can you achieve the direct
energy necessary to truly accelerate your development.
The fuel that is necessary for fast growth comes when energy
is contained, compressed and channeled in the right direction. Direct yourself in a focused manner. Energy gains faster momentum when there are
fewer places for it to escape.
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