This Is Your Year - Week 16 - Focus

Focus is the ability to direct your attention, efforts, or activity at a desired direction or object without being distracted. To maintain concentration while we focus on anything takes extraordinary effort in the busy world in which we live. Those who are willng to initiaate such attention and maintian it will have th eamazing attribute of leverage and produce extraordinary results. Focus is a quality that makes or breaks our ability to achieve greatness.

Focus leverages power, just as a magnifying glass focuses the power of the sun to create heat. The same amount of energy is there with or without the glass. Energy directed through the glass can produce fire.

Life is full of distractions. Very few individuals are willing or able to really focus. Most people would be unable to give you an answer if you asked them to describe their purpose in life. Many would have a tough time listing three things they will absolutely accomplish in a day. Their lives are unfocused. Most just plan to work hard an handle what comes up - whatever that is.

One reason we don't learn to focus is the assumption that it requires great amounts of effort an will be difficult in some way. When in reality, it takes average talents, small amounts of time, or minimal resources to make wise decisions, think clearly and have fun while being focused an relaxed. 

How would you rate your ability to focus?

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