[[:encoded, "Today we are going to talk about 4 Steps to Increase the Power of Your Focus.\n\nLiving your life without practicing The Power of Focus, is like trying to hit the bull’s eye of a target you can’t see. You can spend hours launching arrows, only to miss the target entirely. You become exhausted and frustrated when your repeated efforts don’t show the results you are trying to achieve. This is what it feels like to operate without The Power of Focus.\n\nTo get to where you want to be, you must hold clear in your mind what you most want. Your subconscious mind is a powerful, goal-achieving machine, but it can’t lead you to your desired goal, if you don’t provide it with a specific target. If it doesn’t have a clear and specific target, it can’t get you there. As Stephen Covey would say, you must begin with the end in mind.\n\nThe Power of Focus is the practice of focusing on the ‘right’ tasks at hand, while minimizing distractions that take your focus away from your goals. It will improve time management, professional and personal performance, task efficiency, overall life balance, and provide your mind the information it needs to get you to the bull’s eye.\n\nWhen you focus on the ‘right’ activities that lead to ‘big’ goal achievement, you will succeed. A client of mine set a goal she was afraid to set because she had never been successful at achieving it before. We brainstormed a list of what we thought were the ‘right’ activities she needed to do in order to achieve this particular goal. She got focused on these activities, did them, and exceeded her goal! The same thing can happen for you when you focus on the ‘right’ activities. You’ll learn the 4 steps to help you increase your focus so you can have a higher probability of achieving your goals.\n\nTo help keep you focused, subscribe to The Accountability Coach Blog at www.AccountabilityCoachBlog.com."]]
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[music] Hello, and welcome to the Accountability Coach podcast, where we will discuss topics, ideas, questions, and issues relating to having a totally balanced and successful life. This is Ann Bakrak. Today we are going to talk about four steps to increase the power of your focus. Living your life without practicing the power of focus is like trying to hit the bullseye of a target you can't see. You can spend hours launching arrows only to miss the target entirely. You become exhausted and frustrated when your repeated efforts don't show the results you're trying to achieve. This is what it feels like to operate without the power of focus. To get to where you want to be, you must hold clear in your mind what you most want. Your subconscious mind is a powerful goal-achieving machine, but it can't lead you to your desired goal if you don't provide it with a specific target. If it doesn't have a clear and specific target, it can't get you there. As Stephen Covey would say, you must begin with the end in mind. The power of focus is the practice of focusing on the right tasks at hand while minimizing distractions that take your focus away from your goals. It will improve time management, professional and personal performance, task efficiency, overall life balance, and provide your mind with the information it needs to get you to the bullseye. When you focus on the right activities that lead to big goal achievement, you will succeed. A client of mine set a goal she was afraid to set because she had never been successful at achieving it before. When we brainstormed, we came up with a list of what we thought were the right activities she needed to do in order to achieve this particular goal. She got focused on these activities, did them, and exceeded her goal. The same thing can happen for you when you focus on the right activities. Let's talk about four steps to help you increase your focus. Step number one, create a long-term goal list. What are your long-term goals within the next three to five years, within ten years? They can be anything you want, but they must be what you really want. Your long-term goal should go far beyond your comfort zone and how you would ideally like to see your life. Asking to retire rich isn't specific enough. You must include as many details as possible, along with the date you would like to achieve each goal. And a date is a specific month, day, and year. All three of those components. Step number two, create a short-term goal list. What are your short-term goals within one week, within three months? Whatever they are, includes specific dates, again, down to the month, day, and year. Prioritize your short-term goals and put the goal that is most important to you at the top of the list. When you finish the most important things, move them off your list and do the next one, and then the next one, and the next one. It isn't the one that is the easiest to do and the one that is the least amount of discomfort. It's the one that is the most important for you to do first that will have the biggest impact on your overall success. Maybe there is a goal you would like to achieve, but you're not totally convinced you can do it. Well, how do you know if you don't try? Hang your short long-term goals up where you can see them frequently, even many times throughout the day. Remain mindful of your goals as you go about your day and read them aloud every morning and every evening before you go to sleep. Your goal list serves basically two purposes. First, it uses the power focus to help you concentrate on what you do want to do, and so you can work at making it into a reality. Secondly, they serve as positive reinforcements. When you can cross off a goal because you achieved it, you feel good. Then you have room to add more new goals. Step number three, create a daily task list. At the end of each day, create your task list for the following day. Prioritize your tasks in order of importance with the most important, obviously being at the top of the list. The following day, start with the number one item and work your way down the list. At the end of the day, you will have completed your tasks with improved organization and efficiency. Boy, that feels good. This is the part where most people run into trouble, however. They hate making that list. And, you know, that's okay. You don't have to like it, but it is necessary for your success. Why? Because successful people practice the power of focus every day and a daily task list is part of that regimen. You must be active and active participant in your life and take responsibility for those things you must do. And it's easier to do when your tasks are staring at you in the face. You suddenly become accountable for your actions and knowing that is all part of the process of becoming successful. Calendar everything and then honor your calendar. That's step number four. Once you have your task listed, all of them, put all your activities on your calendar. Determine how much time it takes to do each activity and place each one on your calendar. A good rule of thumb is to add a bit more time to what you think it might take to actually accomplish that particular activity. If you're like me, I always think I can accomplish more than I actually can in the time allotted. To prevent you from falling behind or feeling frustrated, if you'd actually take longer than you think, just give yourself a bit more time up front. If you complete the activity ahead of schedule, you can easily move on to the next task ahead of schedule. The power of focus is more than just a goal setting exercise. It is a process in which you develop a crystal clear vision of where you want to be so your goal achieving machine can make it a reality. The subconscious mind doesn't know how to judge the information it receives, it only reacts to it. Whatever you feed your mind will become your reality. This is why practicing the power of focus every day is so important. Focus on your goals and your subconscious mind will actually support you in taking the right actions to get you to your goals. When you are living with your goals in mind, your subconscious mind is working to make it a reality. Practice the power of focus in your daily life and give your mind the chance to do what it does best. Be that goal achieving machine. Use the power of focus to achieve all of your goals and live your dreams. T. Harve Ecker, author of Secrets of the Millionaire Minds said, where attention goes, energy follows, and results show. My hope for our time together is that you got value and an idea or two that will help you be even more successful personally and professionally. You may be wondering what should you do next? Well, on my website, www.accountabilitycoach.com, you have access to at least 11 free personal and professional development resources you can take advantage of right now. Review the 30-day self-study course so you can discover for yourself how to focus on your highest payoff activities that produce the biggest results in the shortest amount of time so that you can experience that feeling of true and total success and have a fantastic quality of life. This program is effective and powerful at improving every area in your life in 30 days time. This program will change bad habits into habits that will lead you to achieving all your personal and business goals. Aim for what you want each and every day. Until next time, make it a great day, today, and every day. Thanks for listening.
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