Chapter 1. Reclaim Your Power of Focus
Your focus is probably the most important factor in the process of overcoming whatever challenges you face.
A lot of people think that they have to have the right IQ, or they have to be born with
certain advantages, or some sort of other excuse. They think that there’s all these
circumstances and factors outside of them that would explain their success or lack of it.
And unfortunately, the more you focus on things outside of you, and I’m talking about your
circumstances as well as the situations you find yourself in or the people you surround
yourself with, the more you lose sight of your focus.
In fact, it can get so bad that you might ignore the power of your focus altogether. You might
even completely forget how important personal focus is.
Let’s get one thing clear: what you choose to focus on, grows.
If you don’t believe me, look at people who hit the gym all day, every day. These are people
who may be obese. These are people who may look like they’re made out of over-inflated
dough. But the more they focus on working out, sticking to a certain diet and lifestyle, the
sooner all that fat melts off.
Similarly, people who focus on making money, sooner or later, end up achieving their dreams.
People who focus on attracting members of the opposite sex tend to, later on, connect the dots
and meet with success more often than failure.
In other words, you get out what you put in. What you focus on attracts your attention, which of
course attracts your energy. When you devote energy to any kind of activity, sooner or later,
you get good at it.
I know this sounds crazy because most Americans think that there are not enough hours in a
day. There are a lot of people who wish that there were more than 24 hours in a day. That’s how
pressed for time they are. What they’re really suffering from, however, is a lack of focus.
Believe it or not, you don’t have to burn 8 hours at work to squeeze out 1 hour of
productivity. Believe it or not, there are people out there who can put in 8 hours of work, and
get 8 hours of production. I know it sounds crazy, but that is the power of focus.
Similarly, you don’t have to waste a tremendous amount of your attention on many things in
your life for you to maximize the results you get. You can focus intently on certain activities and
have them produce a lot more results.
You don’t have to sit around worrying about certain things that may or may not happen. By
making a decision, giving it the proper attention it deserves, and focusing the right amount of
resources and attention to detail, you end up getting the result you want without worrying
yourself to death or mentally burning out.
Finally, you can choose to focus your resources to such an extent that you get a lot more
bang out of every buck you spend.
One of the main reasons why Americans are trillions of dollars in credit card debt is because of
inefficient spending. The problem isn’t spending. The big challenge is that they spend on many
things trying to get some sort of outcome. They didn’t know that if they spent on the right things,
they would have spent less money and gotten into less debt while getting a lot more results.
You have to reclaim your ability to focus on all these to start living a life of power,
purpose, meaning and direction. Unfortunately, people who end up struggling by moving a
lot while staying in the same place suffer from a total lack of focus or fuzzy focus.
The Bottom Line
The bottom line with focus is pretty straightforward. You only have so much mental resources
in any given second. Make it count.
Learn the skills that you need to get the most out of the time that you put into any kind of
activity, the attention that you put into any kind of project, or the resources you devote to
your plans. If you’re able to do this, you start to reclaim your life.
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