The Importance Of Focusing
We must all learn to FOCUS on the really important tasks that will have the greatest impact on achieving our happiness and goals in life. We just cannot afford to spend valuable time to aimlessly go through life doing the easy stuff that anybody can do. In order to accomplish meaningful goals we must FOCUS like a laser beam on what really matters at our jobs and in our private lives.
Our brains cannot think more than one thought at a time. Thus, we must think about, FOCUS on, and complete only the tasks that are most important to us right now.
Every GREAT accomplishment in life usually happens over a LONG period of time. For example, what if you came up with a great invention? You might spend a couple of minutes thinking about how great it would be and how you could become rich. But then you and those you discuss your idea with can spend hours coming up with all of the reasons why the invention won’t work; why no one would buy such a thing, and then discard the idea altogether.
Greatness is not born in such situations. Greatness is born when a person is drawn to a goal that is MUCH bigger than he or she is right now, and then FOCUSES on that goal and moves towards it until they get there. It’s not a few minutes of musings, but a commitment of months, years or perhaps even a lifetime.
Very few people think beyond the immediate moment and that’s alright; they don’t have to. But the results that they get will be consistent with that type of thinking. If you’re the type of person that wants different results than what most people get, then your first job is to think LONG-TERM.
Search for what drives and motivates you. It’ll probably be different than what motivates your family members, co-workers, or friends. They probably won’t understand how you can be so motivated by your ideas and many may even attempt to discourage you because they can’t see THEMSELVES accomplishing what YOU desire. All of that is alright, and is actually Nature’s first test to see if you’re serious. If your goal motivates YOU, then latch on. After all, YOU’RE the one that’s going to have to do the work to reach it.
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