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One Thing at a Time

3 min readMay 30, 2022

Doing a lot of things is not the same as being effective or productive, my friend!

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Productivity and effectiveness are tricky situations, especially so, if you don’t know what they look like (or what do you want to achieve)!

There is not point to have the best tools around if you don’t use them or don’t have a system for doing what needs to get done!

And most people want just that! Getting Things Done (as David Allen has codified it in his book with the same name), or a way to do the things needs to be done effortlessly!

One Target, One Focus, One Thing at a Time

Often, you need to focus on one thing only and to become very good at it, before you go on pursuing more activities.

We have learned to do a lot of things during our day both personal as professional.

Some times there is a necessity or an urgency of doing something, but that is not always right! To do the urgent things at the time of call, so to speak.

To gain control over what you need to do for achieving YOUR OWN Goals you need to stop re-acting and start planning and scheduling one the things you need to do.

You Don’t Need to Spread Yourself Thin

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Takis Athanassiou
Takis Athanassiou

Written by Takis Athanassiou

Business Consultant, writer, author, and trainer sharing proven strategies and ideas to lead your life + business on your own terms (beacons.page/tathan).

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