Your #1 Enemy


A lack of focus may well be the number one enemy of productivity and achievement. It can slowly creep up on you without you knowing and soon, you are entrapped and unable to break loose.

There are so many things that steal your focus:

  • constant interruptions,
  • phone calls,
  • too many things to get done,
  • procrastination,
  • unscheduled demands,
  • unanswered emails and messages,
  • competition,
  • disorganised priorities.

The list goes on.


These can be described as unwanted distractions that sap your energy, steal your time, lower your performance and ultimately, keep you from attaining what you want.

Keeping yourself on track can be an uphill battle, especially in today's instant, connected-all-the-time world. At any time, with a simple click, your finger has the power to quickly disconnect you from your task-at-hand and propel you into a melting abyss.

Concentration Is Critical


Performing well requires you to concentrate and direct yourself mentally towards what you want to achieve. Whether it is learning a new skill, completing a task, involving yourself in a discussion, doing research, time with family or taking a much-need time out, your ability to focus on what you are doing means will lead you to either succeed or fail.

Like any other skill, developing your ability to focus takes practice, practice, practice. The more frequently you work on becoming better at it, the stronger and more effective you will be.

A good starting point is knowing what you current position is, so let's get started!



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roysinOnline Premium
Great tutorial and guide, Cassi👍🏼

It is strange but just before I read your tutorial I stumbled over an article via the Pocket app, named "Indistracted", which goes hand in hand with what you write here and your related blog post about Focus the other day.

I have noticed lately that I have been suffering a bit form distraction myself, from stress due to heavy workloads at work, and trying to get some progress in my digital entrepreneurship.

The distraction takes me into a digital screen doing research and work related to my digital entrepreneurship, overlooking among other things, our dog. She has started to react to my distraction, and has showed it to me lately that she is not happy with my shift of focus.

This weekend, I will re-write my work schedule and DMO details to allow for more quality time with family and our little fur baby.

Your Call-to-Action in your tutorials are spot on.

-Roy-
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CassiOfTroy Premium Plus
Roy, your feedback and contributions are always so very helpful.

Balancing the scale is an ongoing activity.
Honestly, I do not think that it is ever really equally balanced.
Some days it is more of one thing and less of another.

That is why planning is important and prioritising critical.
Do not neglect your family and loved ones.
Your dog knows that he is getting less than he usually does.

My way of addressing that is involving my dog and my daughter in my breaks and doing something fun with them for 10-20 minutes then, back to work for a bit.

They really feel included then. 🙂

Instinctively, you will know.
Cassi
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roysinOnline Premium
Thank you for your good advice, Cassi :-)

-Roy-
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CassiOfTroy Premium Plus
You are welcome, Roy.
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lesabre Premium
Hi Cassi, it is not only your smile that lights up my screen it is also your posts/lessons. Thank you for the share.

Best wishes,
Michael
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CassiOfTroy Premium Plus
Thank you for your kind words, Michael.
I am blushing now. 😊

You are very welcome.
So happy to share some of what works for me to help our WA Members achieve more.

Cassi
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Edubosah Premium
Lovely post, I always find it hard to focus on one thing, my mind always play trick on me. Always thinking how to solve several things at a time.
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CassiOfTroy Premium Plus
Bosah, I understand that well.
My mind never stops. 🙂

Before starting an important task, like writing a post, I spend a couple of minutes in meditation, focusing on my objective and visualising my outcome.

Perhaps that may work for you also.

Thank you for your feedback.
Cassi
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Eunice28 Premium
Great post kenny, straight to the point, we just need to keep practicing over and over again, thanks for sharing
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CassiOfTroy Premium Plus
Practice makes perfect, Eunice.

Thank you very much for your feedback.
Cassi
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Cav1966 Premium
aww yes internal distractions something I have been struggling with as of late.
Great points thank you for sharing this
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CassiOfTroy Premium Plus
Cathy, we all do.

My suggestion:
Own them - for a few minutes, 🙂 then let them go and bring yourself back to what is important.

Thank you so much for your support.
Cassi
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