PRODUCTIVITY SPECIAL ....How to Achieve Big Results by Going Small

How to Achieve Big Results by Going Small

An unconventional approach to productivity

 “The way to get the most out of your work and your life is to go as small as possible. Most people think just the opposite. They think big success is time consuming and complicated. As a result, their calendars and to-do lists become overloaded and overwhelming.” -Gary Keller

Success is not taunting, nor complicated. Rather, success is a matter of going small and repeatably doing only that which is most important.

Said motivational speaker, Jim Rohn,

“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.”

Somewhere along the way, this has been misconstrued and forgotten.

The idea of “the hustle,” 90-hour work weeks, and optimizing every minute of your day have been pushed and pushed as the only way to achieve extraordinary results.

But truth is, to get big results, you first have to go small.

Here’s why.

Being “Busy” Is Not the Same as Being Productive

“Don’t focus on being busy; focus on being productive. Allow what matters most to drive your day.” -Gary Keller

The world as a whole now confuses “busyness” with achievement. To many, it has become a belief that the more you do in a day, then the more successful you must be. Right?

Wrong. Being “busy” doesn’t guarantee success. You can do a lot in a day, but if your activities don’t align with a common goal, you’ll end up getting nowhere.

Wrote Benjamin P. Hardy,

“Success isn’t that difficult; it merely involves taking twenty steps in a singular direction. Most people take one step in twenty directions.”

Taking one step in twenty directions is a sign you’re not clear on what you want to achieve with your time on this planet. When you don’t know where you’re going, everything can begin to feel urgent and important.

When everything feels urgent and important, you end up getting pulled in every direction and wind up doing figure 8’s — which never actually moves any closer to success.

The key to productivity then is to work out what’s most important to you and focus on the areas which you’d like to achieve the most success. Make everything else irrelevant and allow what matters most to drive your day.

You can then start living by priority, rather than being in a constant state of reactivity, and you’ll achieve a whole lot more.

Reece Robertson https://medium.com/@Reece_Robertson/how-to-achieve-big-results-by-going-small-2418d134706b