Why Johnny Can’t Focus

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Is Your Job Title Holding You Back? - By Laura Posey

In my roles as adviser, trainer and consultant I get to talk to a lot of people. Business owners, salespeople, other trainers, managers – you name it, I end up chatting with them. One of the questions I typically ask is “What is keeping you from living exactly the way you want?” and more often than not one of the answers is “I just can’t seem to stay focused on my goals.”

Lack of focus seems like an American epidemic and I think I have the answer to the problem.

Focus is just another word for attention, that is, when we focus on something we give it our full attention. In today’s world there are so many things fighting for our attention it is no wonder we have trouble staying concentrated on the things that are important to us.

But sheer volume isn’t the problem in my humble opinion. The problem is a lack of passion.

Think about the last time you went on vacation. Once you decided to go it was pretty easy to stay focused on the places you were going to visit, the dinners you were going to eat and the fun you were going to have. Often you are so excited it can be hard to get any work done in the weeks before you leave.

The same thing happens when you have a baby, start a new company, get married or do anything that you are passionate about. You can focus just fine at those times.

If you want to accomplish your goals, you have to find a way to stay passionate about them.

Creating a vision board with pictures of what you are working towards is a great way to stay focused and passionate. Keeping a journal of the reasons you are working towards a goal is also helpful in staying focused.

For me, the best way to stay passionate is to make sure I get little tidbits of my big goals along the way. For example, I love to travel. One of my big goals is live in 10 world cities for at least a year in each city. You can imagine that I have to get a lot of things in place to make that happen.

To keep myself passionate about making that happen, I have started taking shorter working trips that give me a taste of what that big goal will feel like. Right now I spend at least 12 weeks per year living in another country, working and playing. I come back from those trips so energized that staying on track for the big dreams seems easy.

What can you do NOW to get a feel for your big dreams? Can you test drive your dream car? What about taking a tour of the house you want to live in? Can you go play one of the world’s great golf courses in preparation for doing it all the time? Make it a point each month (at least) to recharge your passion and you’ll soon find that inability to focus is a thing of the past.

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Laura Posey (laura@dancingelephants.net) brings much passion to her work as Vice President and Co-Founder of Dancing Elephants Achievement Group. She is a "firecracker" who likes to create and get things done. Over the years, she has received numerous awards and recognition for her sales and management contributions to different organizations. Laura's expertise in sales led her to start four successful businesses. She now translates that sales know-how into a language entrepreneurs can understand and implement. She helps them sell more themselves as well as build sales teams that work. Laura is the co-author of Six Secrets of Sales Magnets. In this book, she discloses the differences between average, good, and great salespeople and shows readers how to become part of the top 5% in their field.

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