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In addition to the mentioned distractions the biggest<br />
challenges preventing people from achieving their goals are:<br />
Time pressure, financial pressure, and the balance between<br />
work and home life. Focus helps in linking these challenges so we<br />
can make them work for us not against us. However we need to<br />
determine what it is we should be focusing on to get the results<br />
that we desire. Therefore, we should start with the end in mind,<br />
looking at the big picture, the life you desire.<br />
One of the best ways to achieve your goals is by investing your<br />
time in doing what you are best at, and letting others do what they<br />
are best at. So start by focusing on your natural talents and get<br />
people to help you at what you are not good at, usually those are<br />
the people with a different set of skills than yours.<br />
Focus on setting goals that are aligned with your natural talents<br />
and make sure they are measurable, and achievable. Set a plan<br />
including your long term and short term goals that match your<br />
talents and what you’re brilliant at. A crucial element in setting<br />
and planning goals is the ability to keep your mind focused on<br />
these goals. If you fail to focus you’ll never be able to achieve<br />
results. On the other hand trying to achieve several goals at the<br />
same time that are not aligned together, is one reason that people<br />
lose focus and are not able to achieve the success they dreamt of.<br />
Focus on your goals one at a time.<br />
Having a goal and focusing on it requires crystal clear vision of<br />
where you’re heading and the ability to eliminate all distractions;<br />
the external ones mentioned earlier and the internal ones - yes<br />
the internal distractions, that little voice in your head that gives<br />
you all the excuses why you can’t get to your goal, the one that<br />
tells you that there is no time, it is too late, it is impossible, it’s<br />
not important, and tells you that you have always had obstacles<br />
and you always will have. It is the voice of your mind that resists<br />
change and wants to stick to the habits and beliefs imprinted in<br />
it. Your mind wants things to stay the way they are, it is resisting<br />
change, which requires new behaviors and actions. If you listen<br />
to that inner voice telling you to do it later you will lose focus and<br />
nothing will ever get done. That is how the majority of people lose<br />
track of their goals and give-up on their dreams.<br />
To be able to get your mind to agree to change you first have to<br />
start by sticking to your commitment in spite of all challenges<br />
and obstacles. Change usually comes with a lot of opportunities<br />
in its folds, look for those opportunities, embrace and welcome<br />
the change. Since the only way to improve your life is by<br />
implementing changes, when you resist the change you are<br />
resisting the improvement and saying no to all that life has to<br />
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offer. So remember change comes with opportunities don’t miss<br />
out on the opportunity because of a stubborn mind. “Nothing can<br />
stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his<br />
goal: Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental<br />
attitude.” Thomas Jefferson. To maintain the right mental<br />
attitude you need to focus on the rewards - yes focus is the key<br />
word to help you be consistent in your actions and beliefs to help<br />
you stick to your plan and achieve your goals. Focusing on the<br />
right things is what helps you achieve your goals, which means<br />
focusing on the rewards the reasons behind setting certain goals<br />
and focusing on what you want, not what you don’t want, focusing<br />
on the solutions not the challenges.<br />
Focusing on the rewards means to decide why the goals you set are<br />
important - example: Saying you want a million dollars just to buy<br />
a home and car is not the only reason you want to make a million<br />
dollars, having security, and peace-of mind are more likely the<br />
reasons for setting that goal. Usually when we set the goals we are<br />
searching for the rewards that come with achieving these goals.<br />
When I first joined the Network Marketing business I had no<br />
experience at all I never sold a thing in my life and I am not very<br />
active socially, I usually do things on my own and don’t hang<br />
out with friends a lot. I attended the 1st meeting and saw the<br />
opportunity of financial freedom hitting me in the face, I couldn’t<br />
get a good night’s sleep for three nights all I thought about was the<br />
opportunity and the rewards, I thought of having my own house I<br />
thought of having a better financial status and I thought of success<br />
and the excitement that comes with it. I started the business with<br />
no business background at all. My goal was to reach the top be a<br />
manager and start earning big checks, I made my list and planned<br />
to reach my goal in three months, however no one wanted to join<br />
me for the 1st month and I only had a few customers, I started<br />
to lose the excitement but not the focus I changed my deadline<br />
from three months to nine months and continued to talk to people<br />
every day with a firm belief that I can reach my goal. It was to my<br />
surprise that things just turned around in a few days and what<br />
seemed like a far-to-reach goal was very possible, things started<br />
rolling and I reached my 1st goal and became a manager with an<br />
exciting check within the second month of joining the business.<br />
All I remember was that I never lost focus on what I wanted to<br />
achieve, I was consistent in my actions, and I followed the plan.<br />
Focus at that time resulted in a magical result that I couldn’t have<br />
dreamt of then. So remember magic can happen when you focus,<br />
yes it can be something like hocus-pocus. In conclusion Know<br />
what you want, know why you want it, create your plan, match<br />
it to your talents, be consistent and focus on the rewards; then<br />
magic will happen.