More Is Less: Why Just Getting More Done Might Be Bad

There is a flood of books, seminars, publications, tapes, and people who are ready and willing to tell you how to get more things done. However, just from the title of their message, it is clear that their emphasis is on quantity.

Henry Ford once said that he avoided doing too many things by starting his day with a long walk. The physical exercise made him too exhausted to do all what he was planning to accomplish and forced him to limit himself to the most important tasks.

Getting more things done is never a great goal to aim for. If you look at the great achievers throughout history, you’ll find that none of them achieved greatness because he or she got more things done. Each has gotten a few things done, but in a great way. Each produced a few ideas, but each idea was so good – it lasted for centuries.

Instead of trying to get more things done. It’s much better to try to get the few truly important things done better.