How to Get More Done Without Doing More

This is the converse of yesterday’s post, where I made the point that you have to be OK with not doing everything and instead focus on what’s best next.

Here’s the irony: When you focus on what’s most important, you often get all the other stuff “thrown in.” This happens by virtue of the spillover effect. Doing the most important thing leads to positive ramifications that often accomplish the aims behind all those other things you weren’t able to do.

I’m not saying you will literally find that all the things you decided to leave undone are accomplished. Some of them will be. But more significantly, the point behind them will often be accomplished through the spillover effect.

That’s significant.

But if you try to do everything directly, you often end up accomplishing nothing. (Or, almost nothing.)

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December 6, 2011 | Filed Under Productivity | 1 Comment 

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  1. Roger Healey on December 10th, 2011 3:42 pm

    Sometimes I’ll find the less important things I left undone didn’t really need to be done after all.

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