Comment by crankin

I have found that all the best advice I've received centers on how to focus your attention. As humans when we can give something our full attention it's almost impossible that what we are doing won't bear fruit. Here are some axioms around that idea that if you implement you will progress.

  - Time is not your most valuable resource. Your attention is.
  - Focus your attention only on things that have disproportionate returns.
  - Multitasking is a myth. Pick one thing and do it with all your strength.
  - Discern between Type 1 & Type 2 decisions. High vs low consequence. If high consequence apply scientific method. Everything else delegate to smart people.
  - Prioritize everything systematically. See Eisenhower Matrix or T.R.A.F apply it to everything vying for your attention.
  - Keep a distraction list. Write down every idea, review monthly but know 95% of this is going into the trash. You simply don't have enough lifespan to do them all. 
  - Discard all unnecessary things from your life. Half done projects, old clothes, shoes, ideas, cups, bowls, hackysack, cars. All that crap that's piling up in your basement, garage, closets, cupboards wherever. You don't use it, you don't need it and they rob you of your attention.