35 / 365 Shift Your Focus to Task from Activity
Never mistake
activity for achievement.
John Wooden
There is a
difference between task and activity. Walking, jogging, reading, running etc.
are examples of activities. Time is like a container and the content is the
activity. For example, you fill up your time with running, writing, reading etc.
Effective people
think not in terms of activities, but in terms of tasks. A task is a result you
want to achieve by doing an activity. For example, jogging is an activity. But
why do you jog? To reduce your weight? Then don’t say that you are jogging, but
say that ‘in the next three months, I will reduce my weight by three kilo grams’.
By shifting your
focus from activity to task or result, the activity will become more
meaningful. Perhaps you will be able come out with alternatives. For example,
if you want to reduce weight, instead of jogging, you can do yoga or use a
treadmill etc.
From today, keep
asking yourself the question: Why am I doing what I am doing and what is that I
want to achieve by doing this? Is there an alternative?
Try this from today!
(From my book “365 Exciting Ways to Live”)
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