Master your Focus
A Practical Guide to Stop Chasing the Next Thing and Focus on What Matters Until Its Done
Thibaut Meurisse
Who is this book for?
Do you keep jumping from one goal to another? Do you procrastinate? Do you hustle without having much to show for your efforts?
You will greatly benefit from this book if:
You continually procrastinate on important tasks,
You keep chasing the next goal, never achieving anything significant,
You feel overwhelmed and there never seems to be enough hours in the day,
You have many unfinished projects and little results to show for your endeavors,
You want to achieve great things but feel youre never quite getting there, or
You cant focus effectively because youre unsure of what you want.
If you recognize yourself in any of the situations mentioned above, read on.
Why this book
Over all the years I spent studying personal development, Ive noticed one key reason that prevents people from achieving their goals. It is their inability to focus on one thing for long enough to achieve tangible results. If youre reading this, youre probably facing the same issue.
This book is designed to help you understand why you keep jumping from one thing to another without ever achieving your full potential. But, more importantly, its here to teach you how to stay focused and avoid chasing the latest big thing: the next exciting diet, the next seemingly wonderful idea, the next great course, et cetera. This book will help you finally obtain the results you want.
More specifically, youll learn:
What focus is and why it is vital you increase yours,
How to remain crystal clear regarding what you want,
How to plan effectively, to help you make every day count,
How to develop ruthless focus, so you will achieve more without feeling overwhelmed,
How to stop chasing the next big thing and stay focused until you obtain the results you want,
How to find the right information and use it to maximize your results,
How to overcome procrastination once and for all, and finally
The seventeen strategies to boost your focus and achieve much, much more.
Introduction
Do you keep jumping from one thing to another without ever getting the results you seek?
Many people struggle to focus on one thing until its one hundred percent completed. This is true both in the short term with their daily tasks but also, and most especially, in the longer term with their major goals. They keep jumping from one diet, course or business idea to another, never achieving the results they want. Perhaps, youre one of them if:
Youve tried all the diets available but have still failed to lose weight,
Youve experimented with dozens of ways to make money online but none of them seemed to work,
Youve started multiple businesses but none of them ever took off, or
You have too many active projects on your plate and struggle to handle them all at once.
As a result of these setbacks you may have lost confidence in yourself. You may envy successful people. Worse still, you may experience deep frustration, knowing these people arent smarter than you nor do they work harder or have more passion.
Dont feel bad about it. Many of us experience, or have experienced, these issues at some point in our lives. It is often the result of a lack of consistent focus.
Focus is one of the most important assets you will ever have, which is why its constantly under attack. Marketers spend billions on advertising to catch your attention. Bloggers use clickbait titles to encourage you to read their content. And YouTubers use creative thumbnails to entice you to watch their videos.
Why is your focus so powerful?
Focus acts like an ax. If you try to cut down a tree by hitting it in thousands of different spots, youll never succeed. But when you focus and hit the same spot over and over, you can cut down even the biggest tree. With laser-sharp focus you can achieve almost anything you desire.
However, most people wander through life with a scattered focus, attacking their goals from too many different angles. As a result, they never accomplish anything important. They either hit dozens of trees a few times each, or they hit the same tree in dozens of different places. To sum up, these people have too many goals or approach their goals without the necessary focus.
This behavior will never lead to great results in your life. In fact, if youre unable to understand this issue and do the necessary work to solve it, you will never achieve your biggest goals or dreams.
This book will help you focus on one thing at a time until you achieve your desired results.
Remember, your focus is powerful but only when you sustain it for long enough and point it in the right direction. Often, it is not the smarter person who achieves the best results, its the most focused one. An average person with laser focus can, over time, accomplish more than a genius with poor focus.
In Part I of this book, well explain what focus is and why it matters. Youll discover the different types of focus and understand why focus drives true productivity.
In Part II, well see how to gain clarity regarding your goals. Well discuss why you need a long-term vision to strengthen your daily focus.
In Part III, well create a crystal-clear plan to help you understand what you need to do every day. This will further increase your focus.
In Part IV, well work on developing a ruthless focus. Youll learn all the things you can do to skyrocket your attention, boost your productivity and stop feeling overwhelmed.
In Part V, well discuss how to stop chasing the next big thing to help you pinpoint what truly matters and achieve the results you want. Well see exactly why youre attracted to novelty and teach you how to overcome this tendency.
In Part VI, well discover why you procrastinate and how to avoid it. Youll discover how to deal with perfectionism as well as how to build momentum day after day.
Finally, in Part VII, Ill share with you Seventeen Strategies to boost your focus so you can get more done and achieve the results you deserve.
As you learn to sharpen your focus, youll notice better results in your life. You may even wake up one day having accomplished most, if not all, the things you wanted.
So, are you ready to boost your focus and finally achieve the results you want?
Your Free Step-By-Step Action Guide
Your Free Step-By-Step Action Guide
To help you master your focus, Ive created a free action guide. Make sure you download it at the following URL:
https://whatispersonaldevelopment.org/master-your-focus
If you have any difficulty downloading the action guide, contact me at: thibaut.meurisse@gmail.com and I will send you a copy as soon as possible.
Part I
What focus is and why its so important
Your ability to focus is one of the most important assets you have.
Why?
Focus is a magical tool that can both slow and magnify time. And time is one of the scarcest and most valuable resources you will ever have.
When youre in a deep state of focus, you become far more productive and creative than otherwise. Ideas flow, gestures become more precise and your mind-chattering is reduced significantly. It may almost feel as if you are living in slow motion. This is what we can refer to as short-term focus, or concentration. On the other hand, when you lose focus, it is difficult to return your attention to a task. According to a study conducted by the University of California Irvine, on average, it takes around twenty-three minutes to return to a task after having been distracted.
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