You Can’t Do Everything – And If You Try, You Won’t Do Anything Well

If you do move from one shiny object to another, you’ll slowly discover a fundamental truth.
Chaos. Disunity. Lack of direction.

We live in an age of distraction. Never-ending notifications, instantaneous communication, and easy access to endless information. Fear of missing out moves us motivates us to try to do everything that our minds and hearts desire. Keep your phone on the table so that you can instantly check the super-important messages that come in every 7 minutes. Walk to work so fast you overtake peaceful joggers. Tell your mama you’ll definitely visit next week. Oh, and, God forbid you don’t have 18 certificates on your Linkedin page and five urgent projects to attend to. The list goes on and on.

Having a lot of irons in the fire may sound like a smart plan, but given the distractions of technology and communications, it is easier than ever to fall victim to the temptations of trying to do too many things – and accomplishing none of them.

In comes Steve Jobs 30% Rule:

“We examined the future product roadmap. Not the products we’re shipping today, the future product line. And what we found was that 30% of them were incredibly good, and about 70% of them were either ‘pretty good’ or things that we didn’t really need to be doing. Businesses we didn’t really need to be in.”

Focus on the 30% of ‘incredibly good’ stuff in your life.

Just ask yourself:

• If you had to end 70% of your relationships, which would they be?
  
• If you had to quit 70% of your projects, which ones would you choose?
  
• If you had to cut your time off by 70%, what would you leave?

Just by honestly answering these questions you can identify more clearly which parts of your life deliver the most value.

Minimalism begins with elimination — once you get rid of the stuff that slows you down, you can start replacing it with stuff that helps you grow. The hard part is being able to let go of things that are ‘pretty good’ in your life — perhaps even things you’ve grown to love.

The Right Direction

Lack Of TIME Is Not The Reason People Are Unsuccessful.
It’s Lack Of DIRECTION!

The problem with the majority of people is that they never try anything new, they settle for the job and life that they have fell into, most peoples lives were not designed by them, they just moved in the direction that they were told to go in, or the way they thought was the best option at that point in their life, and have become comfortable living a life that does not bring forth their greatness. Well I have some excellent news for you, you can design the life that you want to live, starting today, right at this moment take full control of your life and get on a new path, it is never too late to live life on a new level and head in a new direction, it does not matter where you currently are, you can reach greater heights in life.

You must become aware that everyone at the top was once at the bottom, every professional was once an amateur. The way the successful people went from the bottom to the top is by taking massive action in the right direction. As you continue moving forward the path becomes clearer, the road ahead that seemed dark is filled with light as you make positive strides in the pursuit of a greater life.

I used to tell myself while working in an average job that there must be more for me to do, I can do more than what I am currently doing, I know that there is more that I can offer the world. I took the first step in search of doing more with my life and in turn have become more and achieved more.

You will never know how far you can go if you don’t try, let me help instil some belief in you, if I can do it, so can you, we are the ones who hold ourselves back by looking at things as they are, not as they could be.

A new day brings a new chance to start over again, resolve to live life at a new level, make this your year that you choose to push yourself and realize your true potential. For how long do people want to remain like the mediocre people doing the same things day after day. If you want to see changes take place, make some changes in your life, engage in the things that matter.

If you don’t do anything different then life will be the same forever, if you want to make changes invest in self-education and personal development, develop yourself from within, true success is not what is on the outside, it is what is within you.

The path of the majority is the easy path, it doesn’t require much effort, the path of a life lived on your terms is one that takes constant hard work and dedication. The path ahead may seem overwhelming at first, but don’t worry you will grow into your goals and develop into a greater individual. A new life requires a new you, the old you has to be eradicated. If you don’t take action their will be no outcome and don’t worry failure, as failure is a step forward, failure is the stepping stone to success.

It is never too late to get started on your dreams, your dreams are still possible, so get up and push yourself to be among the greats who strived to become more and impact the world with your gifts that have been given to you, you have the seed of greatness within you, go to work on your goals, and your goals will go to work on you, go to work on your plans, and your plans will go to work on you. Set sail on a new direction and live your dreams, if others have done it, so can you, anything is possible with hard work and dedication.

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