Tunnel Vision?

When you think about tunnel vision, you usually think of confining, narrow-minded thinking. But is having tunnel vision ever a good thing?

Well, statistics show that about 40 - 45% of us make at least one resolution each year. But did you know that only about 46% of those resolutions are kept for six months or more? It seems to me that many of us are teaching ourselves we aren't trustworthy since we know we aren't going to do what we said we'd do. How can we change that?

The most obvious answer is probably to stop making resolutions we're not going to keep. However, if we don't set goals, we may never go anywhere. Maybe a better answer is to remove some of the distractions in our lives...develop tunnel vision of a sort.

Now, we need to make our goals meaningful. In Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Daniel H. Pink suggests that goals that help us grow and develop are more meaningful than monetary ones.

Pink explains that when trying to get yourself or others to focus on a specific goal, "carrots and sticks" are often not the way to go. It's a good read with suggestions for applying the principles in a family, at work, or in an organization.

Once we have set the course, we need to focus on where we want to go and constantly move forward...So sometimes, having tunnel vision is a good thing!