Even the multi-talented more introverted person is answering an online survey to express solutions being sought and frustrations that have mounted in business. One of the recurring themes out of 15 or so that came up in different ways revolved around – productivity. Here is a question that came up in different ways: I have multiple areas of strength and competence. But I am lazy. How can I focus on a small area, so I need not work too hard to become successful?
Cast a wide net on the internet. There are several websites that you could post your multiple areas of strength and competence on to just focus on what you love. Look here: – people do anything for $5. It let’s you start small, use as many of your multiple areas as you want, and just follow where it takes you. There are many websites like this: httpss://www.odesk.com, https://www.peopleperhour.com/, and more.
Maybe you aren’t lazy but as you elude to – just unfocused? When we don’t focus we can feel overwhelmed. Being overwhelmed can cause stuckness. Start with just one area – that one that you lose track of time when you are doing it. Think about how you can put that into a packaged, profitable product or service so that you don’t need to work hard. Plan it out and then give yourself 90 days. If you continue to be lazy, go on to the next most energizing talk or strength.
Start smaller. Once I expressed to a colleague that I just didn’t feel like I was getting ahead. That things I did were not giving me a sense of moving forward. He had an interesting observation. While not every day might be a step ahead, if I looked at the week or month, could I say the same thing? Wow. I guess I was so focused on just the day, it was easy to ignore that over a longer span of time I was indeed getting ahead. While I wasn’t feeling lazy, I was feeling less than competent which wasn’t the truth. Back into things by focusing for a day or a week or something small. Then the bigger picture might come into view as you go along.
Are you lazy everyday? If not, then look for a pattern. FOCUS on the days you are get up and go. What was it that got your juices flowing? When did things start to flow for you? Examine those days that you DO have motivation to work and find out what gets you moving. Keep a daily written log so you don’t leave this to chance guessing.
Are there just days that you are lazy? That is really ok. We live in a do-do-do and act-act-act world. At times what seems like laziness may just be your intuitive self guiding you to slow down. Our body and mind seems to be always on the go. The true introvert often needs that – lazy time to recharge.
Being multi-talented can be a mixed blessing or a curse. How can you make it a blessing? It might be you could benefit from a specialty coach (I’m not the one) who works with the multi-aptitude or multi-talented.
Challenge yourself. You CAN focus. It’s just that you are still looking at the situation in the wrong way. I’ve just learned these four questions in a course that I took that may help you as you begin to focus. They come from David Neagle:
“1) Is this something I want to be do or have?
2) Is being, doing or having this taking me closer to my goal? (assumes you have a goal)
3) Is being, doing or having this in alignment with Universal Law (more life to all)?
4) Does being, doing or having this violate the rights of others (does it take away someone else’s right to choose)?
The determining factor in using these questions is that you must answer yes to the first three questions, and no to the fourth.”
I don’t think people aren’t lazy, but overwhelmed, as you state. I believe in the “chip away” process. When you have a project that seems so daunting you can’t get started, then start to chip away at it. Take one piece at a time, finish and move on to the next piece. All of a sudden, the project doesn’t seem so overwhelming.