#41 - The One Thing

As a working mother you are probably juggling more balls up in the air than most circus clowns.  If you've ever done a Google Search on how to multi task you probably discovered over 6 million hits offering to help you figure out how to get everything on your to-do list done.   If only there was a way to focus on one thing at a time that would actually shrink your to-do list.  It would be great to have a way to know exactly what to do in each moment that would create a domino effect and help alleviate overwhelm and stress while increasing productivity.   The NY Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling book "The One Thing" by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan teaches just that.  It teaches you that when everything feels urgent and important, everything seems equally necessary.   The authors explain that multitasking is a lie that has become a strange badge of honor and is actually a quality that employers mistakenly target.  Of course humans are capable of doing two things at the same time like walking and talking, but you actually aren't capable of focusing on two things at the same time which is costing you more than you realize.   This week I'm going to discuss how to decrease your to-do list by asking a powerful focusing question and how to apply it to any area of your life.