Always Keep Focus
Far too many times we start with a specific goal only to find out later on that our end result is not anywhere near what we had originally planned to achieve. Somewhere along the lines our focus was lost and there was some sort of deviation.
This might happen because of distraction or other plans that are not priorities. In every plan, there is one major objective, but to arrive to that objective, it takes several sub-objectives. You need to be careful not to spend too much time with these sub-objectives if you see they are taking too much of your time and is not as important as it appeared like.
For example, let’s say you have managed to get your business started. In your ideas of promotion, you thought of talking to several potential prospects as well as spending money on your usual promotion like banner events or newspaper advertisements. Along the line, you have had a problem with one of your prospects; he maybe changed his mind or is no longer interested. What you do now is put all you energy on getting that prospect back and wonder what happened since all communication were leading one step closer to success. Suddenly, it looks like you lost track of your main objective, and have now changed focus on making your new main objective of getting that prospect back. This results in a waste of serious time and energy.
This kind of situation happen all the time. A way to avoid losing track and always keep focus is to give some of your work to other people. Stop thinking that you can do everything by yourself, you can’t! You must also stop thinking that others can not do the job, they can! Think of delegating your work as a sub objective. Even if they do not do the job as good as you can, at least you will find gain in more focus in your plan, which will ultimately have more benefits.
Another good way of keeping focus is to visualize your success. By doing so, you remind your brain of what it is really you are looking for and will be less likely to lose focus. You will soon find out many things which look like challenges that are in reality meaningless little details.
June 24th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
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