One-track mind.Q What do you do when you're working so much toward achieving a certain goal that it starts to distract you from other aims your already in progress? --C. Rodgers, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. A It's good that you are determined to work hard to realize your aims. However, there is such a thing as doing too much. Many people take on worthy causes, projects and tasks when they know they really can't handle more work. Striving toward something feels good, and when you achieve it, it feels even better. But if you're not careful, you could be left feeling overburdened o·ver·bur·den tr.v. o·ver·bur·dened, o·ver·bur·den·ing, o·ver·bur·dens 1. To burden with too much weight; overload. 2. To subject to an excessive burden or strain; overtax. n. 1. . "So many times, [people] experience frustration, fatigue fatigue, in engineering fatigue, in engineering, microscopic cracking of materials, especially metals, after repeated applications of stress. Fissures may be formed within pieces of metal during their manufacture when, while cooling from the molten state, and failure because their `plate is too full,'" explains motivational speaker A motivational speaker is a professional speaker, facilitator or trainer who speaks to audiences, usually for a fee. The keynote speech generally takes place either at the beginning of the event, or the close of the event. and author Jewel Diamond Taylor in her book Success Gems See Legato. See also GEMMS. ! Your Personal Motivational Success Guide (Quiet Time Publications, $12). "Choose the project, goal or activity that is most important to you right now. Once you choose, make a commitment to that decision." You should only take on the amount of work that you can do well at the office. Similarly, you should only work on as many goals as you can achieve without burning yourself out. Otherwise, you may find yourself--and the desire to achieve any of your objectives--running out of steam. --R.D.C. Mail your self-empowerment questions to In The Know, BLACK ENTERPRISE, 130 Fifth Ave., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10011, or send an e-mail to clarker@blackenterprise.com. |
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