The phrase ‘Single Minded Focus’ sums up, in just a few words, one of the central principles of achievement - you need to remain focussed to achieve success. If you have your goals already quantified, properly defined and written down, you are off to a great start, but you must remain totally focussed on those goals in order for them to come to fruition.
A great way of retaining the focus you need - and one which I am very keen on - is to create a computerised vision-board. This is where you select a range of photographs that each represent the fulfilment of one of your goals; and then turn them into a screen-saver for your computer. When you have done this, every time your computer is idle, it will sequence through the images reminding you of what you have defined as truly important.
Of course, this is not the only method you can employ to keep you mind on important things - there are many methods including some that are far less technically-challenging. For example, you could simply draw a picture - again, representing your desired future-state with your goals accomplished - and simply put it somewhere you can regularly see it; I recommend the side of the fridge or on the wall of your study.
Of course, you don’t need to stick with just one method: you can use many different ways to keep your goals in mind. The object of the exercise is to help you to keep ‘your eyes on the prize’. This focus on what is important will help you in your day to day decision-making about what activities to engage-in; and which ones to avoid. If you can relentlessly continue to make correct decisions about where you spend your time, and if those decisions are a product of reflection about what is really important, then you almost cannot fail to make your goals a reality.
So this is why maintaining a single-minded focus is really important. Sure, it means that some things may not get done. But that’s true for everybody - everyone does not have enough time to accomplish everything they would like to do. The thing that separates high-achievers from the rest of the field is that high-achievers ensure they do complete the activities that relate to their important goals. So learn to stay focussed on what is important and you too can become a high-achiever.
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