Thursday, January 5, 2012

Just One Thing

 

Focus.

I have spent much of my life trying to convince myself that I could be successful pursuing everything I enjoy. The older, and apparently wiser, I get the more I am aware of the truth I had always heard that you must focus on fewer things to be successful.

I used to think I would be the exception. I'm not. And neither are you.

This is not to mean you can only ever do one thing in life that you enjoy. What it does mean is that the more you focus on a singular thing, the better you will be at it and therefore you will develop a depth of knowledge and expertise that will not be matched by others who do not have the same level of commitment and experience.

Through focus you become an expert. By becoming an expert you become in demand. By becoming in demand you achieve more for yourself than by being everything to everybody, including yourself.

dm

1 comments:

Ashford said...

Does this mean I can't borrow you as an expert anymore?