# How Experts Figure What to Focus On  ## About - Author: James Clear - Title: How Experts Figure What to Focus On - Tags: #articles #focus - URL: https://jamesclear.com/getting-simple ## Highlights This was the first thing I discovered about figuring out what to focus on. If you want to master and deeply understand the core fundamentals of a task you may, paradoxically, need to start by casting a very wide net. By trying many different things, you can get a sense of what comes more easily to you and set yourself up for success. It is much easier to focus on something that's working than struggle along with a bad idea. --- #writing Blaise Pascal famously wrote in his Provincial Letters, “If I had more time, I would have written you a shorter letter.” ---