{"id":87,"date":"2020-10-30T11:12:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T11:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.125.46.169\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2025-12-15T10:26:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T10:26:20","slug":"discipline-1-wildy-important","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/en\/the-4-disciplines\/discipline-1-wildy-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Discipline 1: Focus on the Wildly Important"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"block block-cta-hero \">\n\t<div class=\"uk-flex uk-justify-sb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"linked\">Courses<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"separator\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/en\/the-4-disciplines\/\" alt=\"The 4 Disciplines of Execution\u00ae\">The 4 Disciplines of Execution<sup>&reg;<\/sup><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Discipline 1: Focus on the Wildly Important<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/en\/the-4-disciplines\/discipline-4-accountability\/\"><span class=\"cta-arrow reverse\"><\/span> Discipline 4<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/en\/the-4-disciplines\/discipline-2-act\/\">Discipline 2 <span class=\"cta-arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-image\">\n\t\t\t<img \n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/wp-content\/themes\/franklincovey\/img\/blank.gif\"\n                \t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/01\/Header_435x430_focus-on-wildly-important.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n                \t\t\t\twidth=\"430\" height=\"435\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"image-main lazy\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<span class=\"animated-line\"><\/span>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-intro-text headings-left\" data-id=\"block_89da7f200c5d4130c2ef88d7710f9770\">\n        <div class=\"uk-flex uk-justify-sb\">\n        <div class=\"intro-headings\">\n            <h2>There will always be more good ideas than there is capacity to execute.\n<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"intro-text\">\n                            <p>Our research has shown that only 15 percent of employees actually know their organization\u2019s most important goals\u2014either there are no goals or they have too many goals.<\/p>\n<p>Focus on less in order to accomplish more. Start by selecting 1 Wildly Important Goal<sup>&reg;<\/sup> (WIG<sup>&reg;<\/sup>) instead of trying to work on a dozen goals all at once. We are not suggesting you ignore the work necessary to maintain your daily operation. We are suggesting you narrow your focus to work on what you want to significantly improve.<\/p>\n<p>Most intelligent, ambitious people don\u2019t want to do less. Especially if it means saying no to good ideas. They are wired to do more, but there are always more good ideas than there is capacity to execute.<\/p>\n<p>When you choose a WIG, you identify the most important objective that won\u2019t be achieved unless it gets special attention. In other words, your normal course of business won\u2019t make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>To define a WIG, identify where you are now, where you want to be, and by when. Said differently, you define a starting line, a finish line, and a deadline. Psychologically it is important to have a single measure of success. 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