Tunnel Vision

"A man can only do what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day."  Albert Schweitzer
         
One of the keys to productivity is creativity. When you're creative it just seems like everything flows, ideas
show up, and things move. But it's really hard to be creative if you're stressed out. When you feel under deadline pressure, everything gets tied up in knots.

Stress actually narrows your field of view, so you have tunnel vision, like looking through a tube.

Good ideas are hard to find with narrow vision like that! So how do you overcome the stress?

One important way is identified in our quote. We have to allow ourselves to do all we can do - and no more than that!

Can you get to the end of the day and know that you did all you could do, even if that wasn't everything on your to-do list?

Can you be peaceful with that?

You should, because being anxious because you didn't do the impossible is not in your best interests.

Not only is it very difficult to do the impossible, but the more stressed you get, the less you get done.

Bob Proctor likes to say, "Go as fast as you can, but never hurry." The person who is focused and relaxed will always outperform the person who is tense and rushed.

So every day, do all you can, with what you have, right where you are. Then you can sleep peacefully and do it again tomorrow.

You'll be surprised how much you get done!