I read a story about Warren Buffet's focus technique.

It's a process he uses to stay focused on his goals. He makes a list of his top 25 business priorities and circles the top 5.

But he keeps the second list.

This second list is his compass. It's his Avoid-At-All-Cost List because it keeps him on track.

The biggest challenge is to not do what it's on the second list.

We want to do both.

We want to achieve the first list. The second list is important, but we don't want to focus on that now.

Spending time on secondary priorities is the reason you have 20 half-finished projects instead of 5 completed ones. (Clear)

The half-finished project lives forever.

One item on the second list never makes up for the first. They eat away at your energy and keep the past alive.

Here’s the unfortunate and powerfully destructive truth of being incomplete: it keeps the past alive. (Olson 2013)

References:

• Clear, James: Buffett Focus

• Olson, Jeff: Slight Edge, 2013