Some time ago, I wrote a post hypothesizing that “the cure for procrastination” is to become a busy person. With a constant stream of deadlines, the theory goes, one will not have the time to procrastinate.
I was wrong. It works, sure, but it’s the wrong thing to do. It forces you to schedule frivolous activities between the important ones. As Steve Jobs would say, if you want to do anything great, “cut the crap”. Focus on the one or two things that matter, and stop doing all the other crap that doesn’t matter. Jobs gave this advice to Larry Page, CEO of Google telling him to stop simultaneously working on hundreds of mediocre projects and instead focus on the ones that matter most. I’ve realized that this advice applies just as well to personal development. Doing hundreds of things at once will make it harder to become good at any one of them. Stop working on a hundred different projects and just work on them one at a time; Stop trying to please everyone and focus on the ones that matter most; Stop reading 6 different books at once and finish the one you’re reading before starting another one; Stop trying to learn eight different habits at once. Just focus.
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