Don’t Lose Focus

• August 25th, 2007
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We have all encountered obstacles in running our businesses as well as in life. How we handle setbacks can be a determinant in our success. Maintaining focus on the initial goal can be a challenge when we are sidelined by illness, an accident, family drama, etc. The ability to rise above the turmoil and maintain focus on the task at hand, is golden. If you read about successful people, you will find that many of them perservered in spite of hardships they had to endure. Their concerns for the situation didn’t lessen nor did their determination of meeting the goal. I think at times, it seems that people who have strong ambitions in their professions are perceived by others as callous or uncaring when they are able to bounce back and continue their work once the initial shock as subsided. This is not the case. They simply have not lost focus:

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Column By Michael Angier

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Have You Lost Your Focus?

We all know how important it is to focus on what we want.

But what happens when we lose focus?

It’s easy to do, isn’t it?

We get distracted. Something captures our interest and

diverts our attention away from our chosen objective.

We suffer setbacks. Things don’t work out as planned.

Someone lets us down. Circumstances change and good plans go

bad.

We get interrupted. An important matter takes precedence –

sometimes for long periods of time.

We, or members of our team, get sick or hurt. We don’t have

the energy we had before and often find it slow to get back

in the game.

These things happen to everyone. And we have to be careful

we don’t think we’re being singled out. The “Why is this

happening to me?” question gets us nowhere.

We must first recognize that we’ve lost focus. And at the

earliest opportunity, we must recommit. We have to get back

on the horse we fell off from and ride again.

And this is what separates the winners from the losers.

The loser says it’s too hard. He says it’s not worth the

effort. He thinks it’s just “not in the cards” and he quits.

But the winner doesn’t take the setback personally. She

dusts herself off and recommits to the plan. She sees the

setback as just that — a setback — not a sign that it’s

not to be.

What do you need to refocus upon? Is it a positive habit? A

goal? A toleration you said you’d eliminate?

Revisit your reasons why. Focus on the results you will

produce and not on what’s not worked well. Because what you

focus on expands.

Today’s a new day. The past is just as historic as if it had

happened a thousand years ago. You can’t change what’s

happened or not happened. But you can recommit. You can

refocus.

You can start anew.

So do it today. Remember the power of TNT — Today, Not

Tomorrow.

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