My I’ve been busy. Really busy. Not as busy as some, but busy.

However…

Has anything significant changed in this time?

Has some momentous change occurred?

Have I moved the Great Gears of Life into the next clicking slot?

No quite.

Part of this is simply that as with many things in life, the progression is slow, subtle and infinitely incremental. Leaps and bounds, can at times be few and far between.

One thing I know that has been missing is Focus.

“A man who has all his fingers in different pies, is simply going to get his fingers burned.”

My girlfriend and I somehow co-authored that by finishing each others sentences, and immediately thought we should right it down. Well I did. There it is. The single sentence summation of the solo entrepreneur’s trap. Many hats, many tasks, many ideas, many paths. A lack of focus.

And finally a lack of perceivable progress. Oh and a healthy dollop of frustration.

So…

I found a book. I knew about this book previously, but after a rather bountiful birthday decided to part with some fanatically hoarded book vouchers in a more mature manner and buy something that may fix this very vexing situation.

It promised stress-free productivity. I was doubtful, and so I nonchalantly read a few pages. Then a few more. I’m picking up steam now and thought I’d warn you lot that a full review might be on the cards. Its a book that I think would help most people sharing my situation:

• More work than you can shake a stick at.
• Less hours than in the good old days.
• Less energy than Eskom.
• The sinking feeling that there’s something simple, a small tweak somewhere that would make this, just that much easier.

Here’s a concept I’d like to leave you with, its the first concept that caught my attention.

A mind like water:

Imagine throwing a pebble into a still pond,  How does the water respond? The answer is, totally appropriately to the force and mass of the input; then it returns to calm. It doesn’t overreact or under-react. … Anything that causes you to overreact or under-react can control you, and often does.

Bonus Tip:

Beating Blogger’s Writing Block Recipe – take one egg timer, add 15 mins, challenge thyself to write a post in 15 mins, and then bake. Serves 1 post minimum.