A few years ago I read ‘The One Thing’ by Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan.
The main lesson was that at any point in time there is typically one thing that is most important for us to work on.
Even if we have a mountain of work in front of us, we should strive to identify this one thing, and be willing to put all our effort into it.
If we can successfully identify the one thing, and repeat the process by identifying and working on the next “one thing”, we can be confident that we’re investing our time most efficiently.