How to Stay Very Focused No Matter What

No matter what your station of life is you are going to run into rabbit holes of procrastination.  This applies to everyone from the aspiring student to the seasoned professional.  Everyone gets distracted by things that aren’t essential.  Everyone has a moment when they neglect to stay focused on the things that are essential.

Sometimes we lose focus unintentionally.  Sometimes our subconscious mind allows us to lose focus because we are afraid to do the thing that we should be doing.  There is the fear of failure. You might be afraid that when you are finished the results will be flawed or that you are just not ready to do it.

You are right.  There is always the chance that you might fail.  However, failure is certain if you don’t push forward and just do it. 

Don’t allow procrastination or confusion to divert you from your goals.

Don’t become so preoccupied with the tenth step that you don’t take the first step and don’t become so preoccupied with the details that you neglect the really important things.

Don’t worry.  You are not the only one that does not stay focused on what really matters and has succumbed to self-sabotage.  You are not the only one who has had the fear of failure.  Consider the following paragraphs and how they can help you to stay focused on what is important.

The first thing that you need to do to stay focused on what really matters is to recognize the things that tinkle like a little bell and the things that clash like the sound of a symbol.  The things that tinkle are the little details.  They are important but are not urgent.  The things that clash like a resounding symbol are the things that need to be done right away.  They are the things that directly affect your ability to make money.

Push the things that tinkle back and do them later or have someone else do them.  Focus on the things that clash.

The second thing that you need to do to stay focused on what really matters is to carefully put together a to-do list for each day.  Make this list each night for the following day.  Put the things that clash at the top of the list.  Bedros Keuilian gives a very useful list of the questions that you need to ask while making the list.  The questions are the following:

1.       “Will my business or life be negatively affected if I don’t do this tomorrow?

2.       Does this thing further my #1 goal or priority?

3.       Does it need to be done right now?

4.       Does it directly make me money?

5.       Is it in my zone of genius?

6.       Am I the only one who can do this or can it be delegated to someone else?

These questions will help you stay focused on what really matters.  If it does not pass the test of these questions it should be added to the end of the list with the things that tinkle.

Once you start implementing these steps you will find that you have accomplished a lot of really important things.  You will also find that your momentum has increased as well as your efficiency.

Applying these two steps will increase your success as well as energy and free time.

It is good to be successful and to make a lot of money.  It is even better to have the time to enjoy that money.

Stay focused on what matters now so that later you can enjoy what really matters.

(This article was written via ‘How to Get and StayFocused’ by Bedros Keuilian) 

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