These three steps to exceptional results ask for focus, a prompt start and care with the work. The first step connects with clearing clutter and returning to your priorities: choose the essential thing before rushing to act.
Three steps to exceptional results in your work
The three instructions belong together. Acting quickly means little if your attention is split across too many things. Care matters too: beginning the task is not the same as finishing it well. Read the list as one sequence, from choosing to starting to following through.
1) Do less.
- Stop dividing your attention.
2) Do it right now.
- Once you have identified the essential, go fast.
- Maintain a bias toward action.
3) Do it the right way.
- Act quickly.
- Act with care.
- Get to work right away.
- Keep working on it until it’s right.
