It’s not easy to prevent distractions in today’s society, and that typically leads to doing many things at once.
The One Thing is a great book that stresses the need to focus on what matters rather than doing things just to do them.
Doing so requires a person to go small in order to eventually go big:
“Going small” is ignoring all the things you could do and doing what you should do. It’s recognizing that not all things matter equally and finding the things that matter most. It’s realizing that extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.
Anyone can cross off items on a to-do list, but those who make significant strides in life are the ones that focus on the things that matter.
By going small, we do what’s important, and then do the next important thing after that.