The Force in Focus!

Focus is the thinking skill that allows people to begin a task without procrastination and then maintain their attention and effort until the task is complete. Focusing on the other hand shows how to pause the on-going situation and create a space for new possibilities for carrying forward.

"Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.” -Jose Ortega y Gasset

Focus helps people pay attention in the midst of distractions and setbacks and to sustain the effort and energy needed to reach a goal. For example, a child would be using good Focus skills when sitting down to begin an essay and then diligently writing until the assignment is done without getting distracted by the television, Internet, or friends. Keeping your attention on what is most important in your life is one of the most essential ingredients if you want to be able to:

·        Stick with your goals.

·        Achieve what you want to achieve each day.

·        Appreciate what you have in your life.

·        Clearly see how you can use your time here in the best way.

Like with most things, this is something that is of course easier said than done. It’s easy to get distracted way too much and to feel overwhelmed, stressed out and spread out too thin. But with some limits, with some barriers that keep much of the daily clutter out you can become sharp and focused once again. So let’s get started with that by establishing or reminding yourself of a few very helpful habits.

Benefits from Focusing

Once learned, Focusing can become an affordable resource in all moments when you want to be in touch with your felt sense, with your intuition and with the wisdom that your body can give you. Focusing permits you to: 

• Understand what you are truly feeling and wanting;
• Surmount obstacles, make decisions and solve problems creatively;
•  Become more attentive and friendly to yourself and others;
•  Integrate body, mind and spirit;
• Find relief from tension and chronic pain;
• Be independent from external belief systems;
•  Deepen and make more effective the process of counseling and psychotherapy.

7 Ways to Learn Focusing

1. 1.  Remind yourself why you’re in business;
   2.  List your top priorities;
   3.   Clear your desk -- and your mind;
   4.  Build up your focus stamina;
   5.  Meditate;
   6.  Read more on the area of your focus; and
   7.  Do less multi-task (Direct your focus stamina on less task at a time)

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Important Focus Quotes

“When you connect to the silence within you, that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you.” 

-         Stephen Richards

“Temperamentally anxious people can have a hard time staying motivated, period, because their intense focus on their worries distracts them from their goals.” 
-  Winifred Gallagher

Where your focus is, is the direction your life will follow. Focus on what is good, ignore distractions, and remain strong and determined.

-    Jerome Dansu

“A focus without locus is just but a curse, Learn focusing” – Obi Gospel O.

"Take five minutes to center yourself in the morning - set your intention every day." -         - Oprah Winfrey  "You must stay focused on the end result to achieve your goals." -  Catherine Pulsifer "To focus means to bring your attention to the center, to concentrate on one thing intently in order to gain clarity."  -         -   Cheryl Richardson To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles.”  -         -  T.F. Hodge, "When you stay focused and keep a commitment you create momentum, and momentum creates momentum."  -         - Rich Fettke     "To focus means to bring your attention to the center, to concentrate on one thing intently in order to gain clarity."  -         - Cheryl Richardson, “Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.”  -         - Zig Ziglar "No one ever gets anything worthwhile by accident." -          - Dorothea S. Kopplin  "A negative focus can result in our entirely missing the possibilities placed in our path." -         - Anne Wilson Schaef

Prioritizing sharpens your vision so you can focus on the most important things.   - Myles Munroe

So rather than trying to do too many things at once, switch over to a mindset of focusing on just one thing while you are working. 

Timo Kiander

                                Princess Wilson