Priorities And Focus
Ok, I’m the first to admit that these have been two of my weakest areas over the years: Priorities and focus. But over the last several weeks, getting a clearer view of what I want and seeing some things in my lives and the lives of others, I have found myself looking more into this, understanding why we do what we do or, more importantly, why I don’t do what I know I need to do.
I’m probably one of the world’s worst at focus for someone who does not have ADD or ADHD. I have goals and ambition, but sustaining that over a period of time has always been hard for me. But what I am learning is what I was shifting my focus to is not what will get me to where I want to go.
Sure…I had fun. I had a LOT of fun with some of the stuff I started focusing on. But now I look at myself 8 years into my entrepreneurial career and learn that those things distracted me from becoming what I should have become.
And it’s simple things, such as hanging out with fiends instead of getting on a conference call or returning calls; playing games instead of marketing, or even just watching television instead of making progress.
My focus has been all out of whack. Now that I have gone through some things in my personal life, I’ve learned that if I am to ever achieve what I know I can, I have to focus.
To get in focus, though, you have to set priorities. Which is more important: Going to hang out with the guys or putting in that bit of extra effort to get something business related done?
Or playing a game instead of doing what needs to be done, whether it is business or family?
Again, I’m writing this from my own experience. I’m sure as you look at your life, you’ll notice similar trends (maybe in not all things, and maybe not in business, but in other things).
From observing others, I realize how easy it is to get your priorities all out of whack and the destruction it can have in your business and your personal life. I’ve watched friends’ priorities get messed up in the last several months and the path it is taking their lives down.
The true can be said about my business, and has been true in the past. Not doing the “right” things and doing the “wrong” things first has always kept me from making the progress I wanted.
So one of my big goals is to simply bring my priorities in line with what I want to accomplish and to focus on them until I reach what I desire.
Just some food for thought….
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