Undone

To comprehend a man's life, it is necessary to know not merely what he does but also what he purposely leaves undone. There is a limit to the work that can be got out of a human body or a human brain, and he is a wise man who wastes no energy on pursuits for which he is not fitted; and he is still wiser who, from among the things that he can do well, chooses and resolutely follows the best.
John Hall Gladstone

What are you leaving undone in your life? If you're like most people, your answer will be "As little as possible". We have fantasies of being able to accomplish everything. We learn to value people based on the number of things they've accomplished. We also feel pressured to deal with everything that life throws into our lives, because we haven't distinquished between what's important to us and what isn't.

But we can not do everything. And we certainly can't do everything better than other people. We need to first of all learn to identify what we are good at, and what we aren't. Then, a wise person, will find someone else to do those things that he needs done but knows that he can't do a good job of. We need to find people and whose play is our work and get them to do those things that we can't. Every moment we spend trying to do things that we do poorly is one taken away from the time we could be spending doing what we do best. It's doubly expensive.

We also need to find out what we are the best at, and devote ourselves to this one pursuit. It really doesn't pay to be a "Jack of all trades, and master of none". In order to be truly successful, you must be the best at what you do; and you can't be that if you are doing something that is not even the best thing that you can do. A wise man not only wastes no energy in trying to do things he doesn't do well, but he instead chooses what he is best at and persistently does that until he finds success.

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