Sunday 19 August 2012

You cannot chase two rabbits at the same time


In our lives; we want to do everything at the same time. It is true that is it important to know how to multi-task. However; it can be difficult to chase two rabbits at the same time. When your mind is focused somewhere; your attention is gone to that particular focus point. There are things that we can do on the side; but without even realizing it; it takes a bit of focus from the first thing. I can take the example of doing different household chores. You chop onions; you put something on the stove; then you need to check the dish that you put in the oven twenty minutes before. Then your phone rings; you answer. While doing that; the thing on the stove is starting to burn. You tell the person to call you back because obviously you need to remove the pot from the stove. In this scenario; we understand why it is difficult to chase two rabbits at the same time.

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This scenario brings to mind the fact that when you start to do something and you add other things; you remove a bit of focus from the first thing that you were doing. Due to that; the results won’t be as perfect (or even not good at all) as it could have been if you focused on one thing. Let’s take another example. The most logical one that comes to mind when you hear the sentence: You cannot chase two rabbits at the same time. Let’s say you are a little kid; you see a rabbit; you chase him. Along the way; you see a second one you start chasing rabbit number 2. But while you are doing that; rabbit number 1 is already going somewhere else. You start to lose him. You can either choose one rabbit to chase or try to chase both which would probably mean that you will lose both as your are not focusing on one specific rabbit…

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 It is important to put our focus on something and stick to it to see it through…

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