Have you ever been in
situation where you have become so focussed on achieving a goal that you have done so at detriment of everything else in your life?The 'All or Nothing' Syndrome In a coaching session I had with one of my clients this week, he realised that to complete goal he wanted to achieve by end of September, that he has totally neglected every other area of his life.
He has fallen into 'all or nothing' syndrome. He has put all his eggs in one basket. While he's been pursuing this goal he hasn't paid attention to anything else. His health and well-being has suffered and so has his relationships.
It's important to get some perspective and 'balance' in your life.You can become so focussed on achievement that you miss little things...and before you know it, little things become major problems.
We Don't Stumble Over Mountains "We don't stumble over mountains." It seems we stumble over small things mostly. Serious problems seem to begin with small things, and often at early ages. Homes, families, marriages are broken often by little things, annoyances, small acts of thoughtlessness, lack of courtesy and consideration, lack of honesty in little things - small falsehoods, small deceptions in accounting for time or money. The breaking point may add up to something major and dramatic, but leading to it are small steps: inconsideration, irritations, indiscretions.
Sometimes people protest their love and loyalty and offer to do almost anything to make amends, but leave little things undone. There are those who profess they would lay down their lives, but who won't serve or sacrifice in small day-to-day duties and discipline. Some have all or nothing attitude. But life isn't like that. Those who insist on all or nothing are likely to have little or less.
