{"id":370,"date":"2020-09-29T03:11:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T03:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadershipresources.my\/blog\/?p=370"},"modified":"2023-01-04T10:03:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T10:03:49","slug":"narrow-your-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadershipresources.my\/blog\/2020\/09\/29\/narrow-your-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Narrow Your Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"370\" class=\"elementor elementor-370\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b6f25f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b6f25f0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d050558\" data-id=\"6d050558\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28b329e3 ob-harakiri-inherit ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28b329e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.2 - 21-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":17}}} -->\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\">If a team focuses on two or even three goals beyond the demands of their whirlwind, they can often accomplish them. However, if they set four to ten goals, our experience has been that they will achieve only one or two. They\u2019ll be going backward! If they go after eleven to twenty goals in addition to the whirlwind, they\u2019ll lose all focus. Confronted with so many goals the team members will stop listening let alone executing.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":17}}} -->\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\">Why? The fundamental principle at work here is that <strong>human beings are genetically hardwired to do one thing at a time with excellence<\/strong>. You\u2019re probably thinking\u2014proudly\u2014that you\u2019re great at multitasking and can get a lot of things done at the same time. But to the wildly important goal you want to devote your best effort.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":17}}} -->\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\">Steve Jobs of Apple had a big company to run, and he could have proudly brought many more products to market than he did, but he chose to focus on a handful of \u201cwildly important products&#8221;. His focus was legendary. And so were his results. Science tells us the human brain can give full focus to only a single object at any given moment. You can\u2019t even give your best effort to driving a car while walking on a mobile phone and eating a burger, let alone juggle multiple important business goals at once.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":17}}} -->\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>People who try to push many goals at once usually wind up doing a mediocre job on all of them. 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