Coaching practices for I'm Chasing Too Many Things at Once and My Effort's Scattered Everywhere I Want to Find the One Thing I Could Genuinely Be Best at That I Love That Actually Pays and Pour Everything Into it While Saying No to the Rest
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- I’m chasing too many things at once and my effort’s scattered everywhere
- I’m chasing a dozen goals at once and none of them are moving, because I’m spread so thin nothing builds momentum
- I’ve got two or three things I’m genuinely into, and I keep feeling like having more than one means I’m scattered and unfocused
- I’m doing twelve things at a passable level and none of them well, and I’m starting to think the answer isn’t to try harder across all of them but to do far fewer and actually be good at those.
- I’m chasing a dozen things I want to change all at once, so my effort gets spread paper-thin and everything stalls half-finished
Practices that may help
- Find your hedgehog concept — the one thing you can be best at
Identify the intersection of what you can be best at, what drives your economic engine, and what you are deeply passionate about.
Level 5 Leadership: Humility and Will in Great Leaders - Limit how many you run at once
Keep to a handful of Objectives so the framework concentrates effort instead of scattering it.
OKRs for People, Not Just Companies - Allow multiple active interests without forcing a hierarchy
Having more than one developing interest is not a sign of lost focus — it’s how passion develops for many people.
Passion vs Interest: How to Actually Find Work You Love - Less but better
Channel your effort into a few vital things done excellently rather than many done adequately.
Essentialism, Made Practical - Commit to only a few goals per cycle
Choose one to three goals for the 12 weeks so effort concentrates instead of scattering.
The 12 Week Year, Made Practical - Run two burners at high for a defined sprint
Pick two domains to maximize for a bounded period, and accept the other two will idle.
Four Burners Theory: Making Peace With Trade-Offs - Organize effort under one top-level goal
Arrange your day-to-day goals as a hierarchy serving one overarching aim.
Grit: Passion and Perseverance, Honestly Assessed - Wish — name a meaningful, challenging goal
Pick one wish that is hard but feasible, and that genuinely matters to you.
WOOP: Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan - Ask the Focusing Question
“What’s the ONE thing I can do such that by doing it everything else becomes easier or unnecessary?”
The ONE Thing, Made Practical - Identify the single most important output for today
Choose one task that, if completed, would make the day a success regardless of everything else.
Essentialism: The Art of Eliminating the Non-Essential
Related concerns
- When Okrs Limit And Focus
Keep to a handful of Objectives so the framework concentrates effort instead of scattering it.
Limit how many you run at once
- When The 12 Week Year Pick Few Goals
Choose one to three goals for the 12 weeks so effort concentrates instead of scattering.
Commit to only a few goals per cycle
- When Essentialism Less But Better
Channel your effort into a few vital things done excellently rather than many done adequately.
Less but better
- When Goal Systems Theory Multifinality Design
Activities that advance multiple goals feel more energising and are more likely to be started.
Design multifinal means — activities that serve several goals at once
- When Grit Cultivate A Top Level Goal
Arrange your day-to-day goals as a hierarchy serving one overarching aim.
Organize effort under one top-level goal
- When The 4 Disciplines Of Execution Define Your Wig
Choose the one goal where breakthrough results matter most — and focus there relentlessly.
Define your Wildly Important Goal (WIG)
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