Closure
Closure is a must for relieving stress and conserving energy. Rewards are given at the completion of a task. Rewards or the expectations of rewards are the power forces. In general the longer we wait to complete a task the more our self-image suffers. In general it is best to do the toughest task first. The relief of finishing the toughest task first produces a bust of positive energy. We get a big boast to our self-image, an almost indestructible feeling toward doing our other tasks.
Too many goals prevent closure. What if we wish to build a bookcase? We break it down into say eight smaller tasks. As each smaller task is finished we get a reward. Then we get a big reward for completing the entire bookcase. But what happens if in the process of building the bookcase, we agree to be the chairperson of a committee (Often we can gain more goodwill by merely helping the chairperson). Two jobs rob time and energy from each the other. Instead of having a positive experience of building a bookcase, getting closure and getting rewards, we get stress and self-image damage because of our committee work distractions.
Is being focused on a very limited number of tasks a selfish, a negative thing? Doing too many things puts stress on family and friends and inferior work on our self-image resume.
True it is a great adrelene rush to dash about like superman thinking the world can't function without our help. The price for that thinking and doing is a terrible constant negative weight on our shoulders. While others are actually making real accomplishments with their average focused talents, we are satisfied with someone tossing us a few crumbs of praise for our shallow efforts spent on many half done projects.
Those thoughts and actions that inferior with closure must be analyzed carefully and eliminated. Get good advice, select the best means and do it. Obtaining closure on projects means we are not carrying the weight half done projects on our backs and a non-success images in our minds.
We can imagine students who have a negative attitude toward reading lacked closure on many aspects of their reading training. When we only partly understand how to read, why would we desire to do it without a powerful motivating force to offset our ignorance of reading? Even with great motivation a badly trained reader wobbles along reading a word at a time. We can understand why some people prefer to watch television.