Daily Inspiration: “Don’t fall to the pressure of having to do more. Just try to do better.”

“Don’t fall to the pressure of having to do more. Just try to do better.” – Futurist Jim Carroll

It’s Monday! And if you are like most people, you are waking up to a long list of things you think you NEED to accomplish.

But do you?

The result is that your day might be spent in a frantic haze, going from this item to that item and then back again. The upshot is that you might get to many things on your list – but won’t end up doing any of them very well.

Here’s a thought: maybe you don’t need to do ‘many things’ haphazardly – maybe you should just do one thing.

Today. Look, I get it – it’s very easy to feel trapped by the idea that success means filling up your calendar, chasing every opportunity, and saying yes to everything. But just adding more stuff  to a busy routine is not a good strategy.

It is actually just a quick way to burn out and do average work.

Successful people have the discipline to block out distractions and focus on doing a great job.

They know that doing one thing well ALWAYS beats doing many things with marginal results.

Because that one thing is often THE THING that moves them forward.

Don’t do more.

Do better.