Everyone is familiar with the game of darts. It is the classic bar game. You throw a sharp metal object at a board and depending on where it lands you get a specified number of points. If you make it right in the middle that’s a bullseye and you get the maximum number of points. When we play darts, we aim for a bullseye.
So, what do darts have to do with you?
How you allocate your focus is like throwing a dart. In front of you is an infinite number of boards. You decide where you throw your dart. But do you aim for board 1, board 2, or board N? Do you split the difference and aim for the middle of the boards, not aiming for any one board in particular?
Well, if you are trying to win the game of darts, it would make sense to aim for one board. Rather than aiming for two boards at once, set your sights on one board. In the game of darts, it sounds obvious, yet in the world of business people try to throw one dart at multiple boards simultaneously. Rather than doing one thing extremely well, they do 10 things poorly.
Focus is what makes great outcomes possible. Without focus, you are aiming at 10 boards at once.
Pick up your damn dart and aim at one board. Don’t overcomplicate it. Aim at one board and don’t take your eye off it. Don’t get distracted by the shiny board, or the board that all the “cool people” are playing at. Hit bullseye after bullseye on one board and you will be in really good shape.