If you're like me, you tend to focus on the *big* things. This means that my focus goes just to that one thing, leaving a wasteland of things undone. In a way, I've turned that knob up to 11, and everything else, down to zero.
I have the tendency to behave as a 1-knobber. Or someone that's so focused on that one thing that nothing else matters, even if it does. In my mind, I've only set it aside.
How can you spot a 1-knobber?
They will say the reason for them not getting something done was that they were too busy, that they just had to get that one thing done, and they were going to get back to you. They may go days, weeks, months or years before reaching out or tackling that simple task. Have you ever been to someone's house, and they've had that one wall that's been half-painted forever? 1-knobber.
The problem that I have come to realize, is that there is always that one thing. When you focus on that one thing, the debt to your friends, family, little issues, documentation, testing, bugs...it just accumulates.
What I've learned, is that if I just waylay the stress of that one-thing and spend just a fraction of my time, and just slightly push the needle on all the little things, then the cognitive load and stress drop dramatically. That allows me to do the one-thing, with a clear mind and a level head and the little things just disappear.
So I say to you, turn all the knobs, even if it's just to one.
I have the tendency to behave as a 1-knobber. Or someone that's so focused on that one thing that nothing else matters, even if it does. In my mind, I've only set it aside.
How can you spot a 1-knobber?
They will say the reason for them not getting something done was that they were too busy, that they just had to get that one thing done, and they were going to get back to you. They may go days, weeks, months or years before reaching out or tackling that simple task. Have you ever been to someone's house, and they've had that one wall that's been half-painted forever? 1-knobber.
The problem that I have come to realize, is that there is always that one thing. When you focus on that one thing, the debt to your friends, family, little issues, documentation, testing, bugs...it just accumulates.
What I've learned, is that if I just waylay the stress of that one-thing and spend just a fraction of my time, and just slightly push the needle on all the little things, then the cognitive load and stress drop dramatically. That allows me to do the one-thing, with a clear mind and a level head and the little things just disappear.
So I say to you, turn all the knobs, even if it's just to one.