Get in focus
The who or what we devote our time, thoughts and energy to will determine our outcomes.Regardless of where we currently find ourselves in life, our current focus will predict our next location. If you don’t like where you are, change your thoughts, words and actions.
Our focus can determine whether we rise or fall under the pressure of life’s difficulties. Marriages end because spouses focus on problems rather than finding solutions. Businesses go under because owners focus solely on making money, rather than understanding that if you focus on serving others well they will invest in your success.
Its summer and many of us are ready to take time off and wind things down. While I firmly believe that fun and recreation are equally important to our success, for many of us the last thing we need right now is distractions. It is time to fix our FOCUS!
In order to FOCUS, we must Faithfully Occupy Conscious Understandings of our Solutions. We do this by:
1. Developing consistency: To be faithful means to be consistent in devotion and action. Faithfulness is not a feeling, but rather it is a decision. We must address—instead of run from—the breakdowns in all areas of our lives. We can only successfully address them by engaging in consistent application of new patterns and actions that will change our direction.
2. Occupying our conscious territory: We’ve all seen the political thrillers, where the American military swoops into a hostile area to bring in order. Similarly, in our own lives, we must acknowledge where we are undisciplined and out of control. We do this by taking responsibility for our current realities and ceasing to engage in the blame game. We can never control what people do, but we must own and occupy our responses. We lose productive focus as we take on a passive self-image—one defined by what happens to us. A proactive self-image comes from a focus that measures life by the actions we take to move towards our desired goals.
3. Aligning our actions to desired outcomes: Whether it is life, or, a movie, there are very few times when we can’t really predict how the story ends. Poor financial management will result in being broke and distressed. Married people operating in relationships without clear boundaries will result in emotional or, physical affairs. In life, there are usually only a few way things can go. It is up to us to decide the outcomes we want and then work to find the solutions that will take us there. Your actions must be consistent with the results you want to see.
4. Do your work: Get real about your focus! Whatever area(s) in life you’d like to see a change, fix your focus so that you can get there.
5. Define your wealth: “I will reach my goals through fixed focus and disciplined action!”
See the full article here; http://www.essence.com/2014/07/13/coach-felicia-get-focus
