One of the most common traps people fall into is trying very hard to achieve more than one goal in the same period of time. They might be very motivated to master more than one skill so they create a schedule to help them work on all their goals in a daily basis. They keep working hard on multiple goals in the same time for months without getting a satisfying result. Then they start to question their strategy in learning each skill and change it and keep repeating the same cycle again. They start to work on one goal all the time but after two or three weeks they start to work in more than one goal and the cycle keep repeating.
What I mean by a goal or a skill in this post is something like, improving your academic performance, master a musical instrument, learn a language, have a good body shape, learn drawing, be a great engineer, be great writer, learn a coding language, …etc. These are just some examples but you got the point. If you are very serious about achieving a big goal you need to free your time as much as possible so you can work on your ONE goal more and more. The more time you put into your goal, the better your progress pace will get. You only have 24 hours in the day and it is not really enough for achieving two goals at the same time. It is important to make your brain occupied by only one goal.
Moreover, you have limited amount of energy in each day. When you divide your energy between multiple goals, you will have very poor progress if any. In fact, whatever progress you make won’t be permanent and it will most likely be gone quickly. This is because your brain is drifting between multiple goals constantly. Most people usually master a skill after years of practice. It is very crucial to work only in one goal for a very long period of time until you feel that you need less time and effort to maintain it and improve. At this point, you can start working in a new goal and keep working in your previous goal in the same time.
A few years ago, I fall in this trap. I started telling myself that I am still young and I don’t have to achieve all my goals as soon as possible. I kept telling myself that I have to postpone all my goals and focus only in one goal until I achieve it. It took me a few months just to break up my thinking and let go of all my goals to improve my academic performance in college. I started spending around 8-10 hours every (expect Friday 4H) for more than 8 months. I have improved my academic performance astronomically. It was much easier for me to absorb information and solve the exams easily. I have achieved my goal of getting my degree with high GPA. It is still difficult for me to choose only one goal at a time, so I have decided to choose two goals every year. This will make me master a lot of skills after only a few years. This is how I do it. How about you?
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