Jack Canfield - motivational speaker & authorVariety is the spice of life. But if you — like me — view the world as an exciting buffet of opportunities to learn, try and create new things, you know that variety can be dangerous.

The problem is that it’s easy to get distracted from the goals and commitments you’ve already made. Rather than seeing things through to completion, you abandon the goals and projects you’ve already started to chase after whatever new thing has just caught your eye.

I call this “shiny object” syndrome, and it has derailed the success of many people who could be very successful — if they only could maintain their focus long enough to complete a goal.

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\"JackVariety is the spice of life. But if you — like me — view the world as an exciting buffet of opportunities to learn, try and create new things, you know that variety can be dangerous.<\/p>\n

The problem is that it’s easy to get distracted from the goals and commitments you’ve already made. Rather than seeing things through to completion, you abandon the goals and projects you’ve already started to chase after whatever new thing has just caught your eye.<\/p>\n

I call this “shiny object”\u009d syndrome, and it has derailed the success of many people who could be very successful — if they only could maintain their focus long enough to complete a goal.

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