Do you know this man?

Ever heard of Trey Hardee? Well, I thought not. Google him up and you'll find out that he is the current world decathlon champion... read world's 'greatest' athlete.

How about this other man? Yeah I figure I don't need to tell you his name.You probably consider him the world's greatest athlete.

Ironically, the guy in the blue shirt accomplished a lot more than the guy in the yellow shirt but somehow the entire world thinks more of the guy in the yellow shirt. This is so because the guy in the yellow shirt is focused on the significant stuff.

What's critical is not our ability but the course that we pursue with our ability. Having worked in several project development companies, one factor that I have identified as a major contributor to ineffectiveness, low profitability is the inability to identify and focus resources on a few viable options. The dissipation of resources on several projects at once highly increases the chances of failing.

Although Trey Hardee can hardly be described as a failure however uncharitable you may want to be, he yet pales into insignificance when viewed beside the guy yellow (I bet you know his name).

Don't just succeed, succeed in the significant!