“In preparing for battle I have always
found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” — Dwight David
Eisenhower
There are some people who focus well
to achieve success while there are some who organize effectively to achieve
success. But we hardly find people who can both focus and organize activities.
Most leaders and publications
emphasize on focus to achieve the results.
In fact, the combination of both focusing and organizing lead to your greater
success. When you focus intensively you don’t get distracted by others. It
enhances your concentration on executing your activities. At the same time, it
is essential to organize things in such a way that you don’t lose focus and
waste your precious time. At times, ineffective organizing diverts the
attention and decreases interest on the core activities. Organizing is all
about keeping things in order to execute the tasks effectively. It is essential
to plan well first to organize things in a proper order. Here goes of story of
Ken and Ben who are specialists in one area:
Ken and Ben are brothers who love each
other very much. Ken is very intelligent by birth and understands things very
easily whereas Ben is not much intelligent who usually takes a little longer
time to absorb things. Ken is highly focused on his goals and objectives and
does well. Ben is highly organized who plans meticulously to keep things in
order before executing his tasks. The problem with Ken is that he is lazy, and
he doesn’t not keep things in order. He gets up from the middle of the work whenever
he wants to do his activities thus getting distracted gradually. He loses focus
and wastes his time since he is totally disorganized. The problem with Ben is
that he not focused. Whenever he wants to do something he loses his focus
quickly and gets distracted from his goals although he keeps things ready for
execution.
From this story it is obvious that both
Ken and Ben have their strengths and concerns, and they must work together to
achieve greater success in their lives. That
means people must focus on their goals and objectives first, and then keep
things well organized to execute their tasks efficiently and effectively.
Remember, both focusing and organizing are two sides of the same coin of
success.
"No stream or gas drives anything
until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it
is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated and
disciplined." – Harry E. Fosdick
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