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#FridayFocus




The complete quote by Steve Jobs is this, “People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.”

This is a rather common idea among some of the most successful people. (By the way, successful doesn't mean or equal wealthy.) They realize that there are many good, even great maybe, ideas. But they know they can't say yes to all the ideas. They can only say yes to one. Just like multi-tasking spreads one out thin and reduces us to busy work rather than productivity, so focus can't be on several things at once. Single-tasking and focusing have many of the same characteristics and outcomes.

For this #FridayFocus take some time to consider what ideas or opportunities you need to say no to in order to have the focus you need and want. Here's a couple of articles I found that give some advice about today's focus topic.
How to Say No to Things You Want to Do
If you want to follow your dreams, you have to say no to all the alternatives

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