Good Morning,
My current read is John C. Maxwell’s “The 21 Indispensible Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow” (http://www.amazon.com/21-Indispensable-Qualities-Leader-Becoming/dp/0785274405). Like most of Maxwell’s books this one flows nicely and has oodles of information to help paint clear pictures of each point.
One of the 21 Qualities is Focus.
Focus is important if we want to achieve our dreams and accomplish our goals. The opposite of being focused is being dispersed, distracted or walking around in a fog.
One of the concepts John Maxwell shares with us is there are tools and ways to distract others and lose focus. He tells us why a Lion Tamer enters a Lion’s cage with a four legged stool. It is a tool which causes the Lion to loose focus. The Lion looks at each of the four legs and cannot focus on any of them. This ties into another quote in the book, “If you chase two rabbits, both will escape” – Anonymous.
This means that there are tools and methods to help us gain and lose focus in our lives. This also means we can learn to turn on laser precision and increase our ability to focus.
I find that I can focus better when I try not to multi-task, that I turn my attention to one activity and simply plow through it. Then if I take a break, I can work on something else, but I try not to do two things at the same time or go back and forth quickly between tasks.
As I get focused, the rest of the world is tuned out and my speed and accuracy increase steadily.
Sometimes I use music, other times I try to work in a secluded place and try to reduce or eliminate distractions. One of my challenges is that I love talking with people, so when I hear conversations around me I often find myself listening to what is being said and get lured away from what I am trying to focus on. Increasing the volume of my music, speaking to myself as I work about the task or going into a closed room seem to help there.
The key is to set your self up in such a way as to have fewer distractions. In some cases it means no pictures, or ‘toys’ or turning off the instant messenger or email. It also means practice keeping your attention in one place for an increasing amount of time.
Learning to focus takes time, but with these little baby steps, we all can start honing our laser precision.
Enjoy!
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