To Focus More, You Need To Focus On Less

Every time I search the internet, there is always one new course that might interest me and would be a good idea to join. Remember, I already enrolled in some other courses. Sometimes these courses are so interesting we drop the previous courses. And this same cycle continues and continues every day. We do not finish the previous courses, we pick new ones and the same fate happens to the new courses.

Looking back now, I realize that the world is indeed full of noise and one of the best ways to handle the noise is to pick something, complete it, then move onto something else. One of the most important things we all seem to easily lose these days is our focus. So many distractions and we are easily moved onto the next one. Keep your phone away for a day and realize how much time you spend on your phone.

Every single minute you are less busy, you get onto the internet. And that one minute becomes 5, and 5 becomes 10. And we do this quite enough that they begin to form a part of our habit. And the most annoying part of this is that we do not realize it. We ask ourselves and the answer is we cannot live without our phones. I have a question for you, Can your phone live without you? If the relationship is not both ways, then it seems to be what I learned in school called parasitism. If one gains from the other, but the other loses, then that is parasitism.

So consider yourself lucky to be in a generation where things are much easier than they used to be, but this has also brought some other issues that we need to be very aware of. We need to realize and understand that our focus is one of the most important things we need to keep and try as much as we can to maximize it. To maximize it, you need to put in the necessary effort and decisions to make that happen.

Keep your phone away when at work, and when you have a few minutes. Relax without taking your phone out. Do something different. What would you do to relax for a minute if you never had a phone? Begin to realize and search for those things, it pays. The more we focus, the more we can get things done in this world where there are distractions everywhere.

So think carefully today about some ways you can gain your focus back and imagine how much more you can do if you indeed focus. For those who have to work with their phones, it is a different situation, for others, we need to find ways to focus and reduce the distractions in the environment as much as we can. The focus is key, we need to guide and protect it. So today, focus on something and ensure that you maximize your time on it, reducing distractions as much as you can. Your future self would be proud of that.

Simply do less with more time. It would pay off more. You are more present in what you are doing, you give in your best, and once you are done, you move onto the next task knowing that the previous task was well executed.

Thanks and God Bless.