1 Step to Having It All

By Andrea Goeglein

Step 1 To Having It All:  Make a list of everything you want to achieve, then focus on one thing at a time.

You can have it all, just not all at once.  That is the advice Arianna Huffington gave voice and Gabby Bernstein has amplified to a striving generation of young women.  The only thing I would have added to the advice of both women:  The advice is the same for men and women today.

In my work, I find men increasingly conflicted trying to decide what to do and what to cut out. For me it boils down to:  To do or not to do, that is the question!

I usually find myself asking that question after I have waged an internal battle in my mind that eats more time than it would take to do whatever I am secretly debating.   I know engaging in that activity is wrong. I have done it for enough decades to be aware what the problem is: Generally, I attempted to squeeze too much into a minute, an hour, a day, or a life and career at any given moment.

Good thing is I am not only aware of the problem, I am aware of a solution.  Focus.  That is a main theme for me going forward, right behind waiting.  It has taken me a long time to get here, but I am here.  Want to join me?

Dr. Success Challenge:  Make a list of everything you want to achieve in the various arenas of your life.  Rank order each list within each arena.  When you have a top priority for each category, start making plans to achieve just that one objective.  Just doing the exercise will help you focus on what is really important to you right now and what you say is important to you.