I don’t care how much power, brilliance, or energy you have, if you don’t harness it, focus it on a specific target, and hold it there, you are never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants. Zig Ziglar

Focused action is a universal principle embraced by leaders throughout history. Once you understand and apply power of focus to your own life and career, you will be amazed at how much you can accomplish in a short period of time.  Faithfully follow the action step explained below and you will see an immediate change in your day.

Action Item:

Each evening before you leave your office or go to bed, take ten minutes to focus on what you want to accomplish the next day. Do a brain dump. Put everything down on paper that is causing overwhelm, clouding your mind, and creating stress and anxiety.

From this exercise, check off six items that are the most important to you. Only six. No more. No less. Now put your list of six in order of priority. The most important becomes #1, next important #2 etc.

You will immediately feel a sense of peace and clarity. You now have a plan.

Now what?

Focus on your top priority until it is completed. Then move to the next item, and the next. Change is difficult. You may find yourself distracted by the urgent rather than the important. Stay focused.

As you embrace and implement this practice on a daily basis, you will find you experience fewer and fewer matters of “urgency” because you have taken care of the most important items each day. You have become proactive rather than reactive. Organization has simplified your life.

Circle of Wisdom

Action is the fourth step in the Circle of Wisdom, not the first. To achieve the highest probability of success, you must first build your foundation through a process of self-discovery. Be aware of your strengths.

• Begin where you are,
• Use what you have, and
• Do what you can.

One step at a time.

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