"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus."
- Alexander Graham Bell
What is your GOAL for today? Quickly name it off… If you had to THINK about it, then you probably do NOT have a goal for today. If you named off more than one thing, then you likely lack the FOCUS needed to the MOST IMPORTANT one.
Time and time again, FOCUS comes up in conversation. Most often the term is accompanied by an EXCUSE, such as "I would do better if I could just focus." How many times have you heard that (or worse said it) in the past week?
There is HOPE for you, me and everyone else though…
2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:
FOCUS is a practice of simplification. Yes, simplifying your day will generate GREATER results. Let's agree on that for now.
If you had FEWER things to do and were EASILY able to identify which tasks was more important than any other, how CHALLENGING would you find it to FOCUS on accomplishing your goals? What if you had only ONE single thing to accomplish? WOWZA!!
Here is the trick – I ACCEPT that you have multiple things that need accomplished in a day. So do this – BREAK UP YOUR DAY. In the morning from 8-10am you focus ONLY on your most important task. Once completed, you MAY move on to the next. If completed, 10:15-11:45am is FOCUSED on the #2 most important task (which becomes #1 since your other is completed). 1-3pm and 3:15 – 5:00pm, so on and so on. GET IT?
So, what is your GOAL for today?
Cheers,
Zach
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