Focus On Today

One of the best things I’ve learned and practiced for the past year is focusing on today. Every morning I create a to-do list with only 5 of today’s critical tasks and concentrate on completing them.

The goal is to focus solely on today while still pursuing yearly and lifetime goals. This is something I learnt from Tim Allen the famous comedian: He said that he uses three lists to maintain focus: The first list contains the greatest goals he wants to achieve in his life; the second list has the things he needs to do this year in order to reach his life goals; and the final list keep him focused on the things he needs to do TODAY in order to reach his life goals.

This system has worked really good for me, I’ve managed to learn new skills, work on side projects and read more than 40 books in last 340 days.

If you try it out, please leave a comment to let me know how it goes for you.