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Don't Lose Your Focus

Written by: Duane Hatfield

Article Overview: Of the many obstacles business people face one of the hardest to overcome is our loss of focus.

Don't Lose Your Focus

Of the many obstacles business people face one of the hardest to overcome is our loss of focus. Each of us is constantly bombarded by thoughts and situations that require our attention. The challenge we face is prioritizing them and then keeping focused on those priorities. We all know emergencies occur but how many “emergencies” are merely important matters that can be dealt with later. If non-emergencies are permitted to disrupt our focus we will never accomplish the tasks, which are truly and immediately important.

There are many ways to help keep our priorities aligned without ignoring important distractions. One of these is creating an agenda the night before so you know where to begin your day. This way even if something should interrupt your schedule you can quickly remember where you need to begin again. It seems when we get distracted from our plan of action we have the problem of refocusing and getting restarted. Our minds get overwhelmed with the details of what we just completed and we loose our direction. With our agenda we can easily note what we have accomplished and begin on the next task. This is much more efficient than trying to remember what we were doing.

Your agenda doesn’t have to be only for you’re at work time; it can also include your time after hours or at home. This will save many frustrations and unneeded time spent running errands for things you could have gotten before you began your task. It’s always easier to have what you need before you begin than stopping in the middle of an activity and then beginning again.

So remember it is always better to have a plan of action even if you can’t always adhere to it. It will make you more efficient and less emotionally uncontrolled. As it has been said, “ If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail.”

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