The power of focus
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The document discusses the power of focus. It defines focus as paying careful attention to a particular thing to achieve good results. It notes that great people become great in proportion to how much they focus their powers in one channel. Focus builds mental stamina and helps you think, remember, and react effectively. The document provides strategies for getting focused, including defining your purpose, following your passion, planning, persevering, assessing your progress, having principles and values to guide you, and enjoying the benefits of increased performance and reduced stress that come from staying focused.
The power of focus
- 1. THE POWEROFFOCUSBy JOSHUA OMOREGBEIdeas Strategist / Trainer / Speaker08029956404, omoregbejoshua@gmail.com
- 2. Focus is paying careful and special attention to a particular thing to achieve a beautiful result.
- 3. “Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel”—ORISON SWETT MARDEN
- 4. Focus builds mental stamina giving you undivided attention. Helps you think, remember and react effectively
- 5. The Law of Increasing Returns The law of increasing returns says that the more you focus on doing the few things that represent the most valuable use of your time, the better you become at those activities and the less time it takes you to accomplish each one.
- 6. Strategies of Getting Focused. PURPOSEDefine “why” you are doing what you are doing. Reasons come first, answers come second. The future of every achiever is in the discovery of his function. You need hope to cope. Purpose gives hope. Purpose gives you value. Purpose is what gives meaning to your work and your life.
- 7. PASSIONPassion is a strong deeply felt drive.
- 8. It makes you keep running against all odds.
- 9. It gives strength.Pablo Picasso / Painter / 91 YrsZaboAgah / Porter / Worked 100 YrsGabriel Erazo / Gardener / 130 Yrs
- 10. PLANNING You need to map out your strategy. As the saying goes, he who fails to plan is planning to fail. Planning helps you put first things first (prioritizing)
- 11. PERSEVERANCE"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a person perfected without trials —CHINESE PROVERBOur greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.’’ —RALPH WALDO EMERSON
- 12. PROLIFICIENCY TESTAssess yourself to know how far you Have gone and how fast you are going
- 13. PRINCIPLES AND VALUEPrinciples defines your boundaries. They guide yourValues. Values refer to your worth.Leading a principle-centered life means not taking any shortcuts or quick fixes. You must follow a path that focuses on why you are doing things rather than how fast or efficiently you are getting things done.
- 14. BENEFITS OF STAYING FOCUSEDYou enjoy more time off.
- 15. Increases your net worth.
- 18. Reduces chances of hypertension & HBP.CONCLUSIONDiscover your purpose and pursue it with undivided attention. You can be more than you already are if you exert your energy wisely.GET FOCUSED!THANK YOU FOR LISTENING
- 19. QUESTIONS, FEEDBACKS & COMMENTS