Ever have a day when everything seems to go wrong?
Some days it’s just plain difficult to get things done.
It’s possible to make it to the end of the day, look at your task list, and realize you did not
accomplish any of your top priorities.
How does that happen?
Did you disappear into a time vortex? (No. Of course, not!)
Did someone steal your high-priority task list and replace it with a list of low-level priorities?
(Again, no!)
It can be a challenge to identify your top priorities and stay focused on them.
The struggle is real.
It takes willpower and determination to do the most important things.
And it’s this willpower that is critical to your success.
Best Day Ever
There are other days when you feel like you’re firing on all cylinders. You’re cranking out tasks.
You complete your list of top priorities and are ready to take on more.
How long do you work during the day?
When do you call it quits?
One way to squeeze out additional results is using a simple technique.
This technique focuses on producing incremental results.
Sometimes, progress is made through the smallest of efforts that come at the end of the day.
At a time when you are ready to end the day, if you can hang on a little longer, you might be
able to accelerate your results.
Getting More Done
What is this magical technique?
Try this: Do One More Thing
This is a rallying cry for top performers.
While under-performers strive to do one less thing, their peak-performing friends do the
opposite.
Doing one more thing is a way to challenge yourself.
It often comes at the end of a long workday.
Time may be passing by slowly. You are watching the clock on the wall: tick, tick, tick.
You’re ready to take a break. You want to get away.
And then you think to yourself, “Do One More Thing.”
Like the athlete who digs deep during the last 10 feet of a race and accelerates past their
competitors, this is your moment to get ahead, to do one more thing.
Try it.
Challenge yourself.
Every day, do one more thing.
Make it your mantra.
Go for it!
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