That makes writing sales copy, an already intellectually demanding task, even more difficult. You really don’t feel like it right now. So you put it off. You look for something easier to do. Maybe you could take that hour off now and use the time while you’re lying out in the sun to get your head together. But no, you can’t relax if you know you have work uncompleted. So you decide to force yourself to make a start on your sales copy. You write your copy but it just doesn’t flow. It feels stilted and contrived. You begin to get frustrated and annoyed with yourself.
If only I’d got it over and done with first thing I’d be dealing with my email right now looking forward to lying out in the sun for a while later on, you think. That’s what I should be doing! So, you get annoyed with yourself, and become generally irritable. Which, of course, just blocks the creative flow even more. Lunchtime rolls around and you feel like you’ve wasted half a day. What a waste of energy, concentration and creativity! What a lack of FOCUS. Just look at the energy you’ve wasted feeling annoyed and irritable with yourself. Just think what you could have accomplished if you’d put that energy to good use and focused! Save yourself the angst. Identify priority tasks, strategically allocate times of the day to each task depending on how intellectually demanding they are, and exercise personal DISCIPLINE to do the right thing right and at the right time.
Concentrate on One Thing at a Time When you’re doing the right thing at the right time, dedicate yourself to that one thing and nothing else. Don’t let your mind wander to what else you could be doing. You don’t need to worry about that because "what else" has been allocated its own time and that time will come. Remember, the whole point of focusing is to make maximum use of your time, energy, concentration and creativity. If you can do this, you will give yourself the gift of more time for yourself and your family. So remember to turn it off too. Give 100% of yourself to the task at hand during the time allocated to that task and then let it go. Take care of business but always remember, life is for living!
If only I’d got it over and done with first thing I’d be dealing with my email right now looking forward to lying out in the sun for a while later on, you think. That’s what I should be doing! So, you get annoyed with yourself, and become generally irritable. Which, of course, just blocks the creative flow even more. Lunchtime rolls around and you feel like you’ve wasted half a day. What a waste of energy, concentration and creativity! What a lack of FOCUS. Just look at the energy you’ve wasted feeling annoyed and irritable with yourself. Just think what you could have accomplished if you’d put that energy to good use and focused! Save yourself the angst. Identify priority tasks, strategically allocate times of the day to each task depending on how intellectually demanding they are, and exercise personal DISCIPLINE to do the right thing right and at the right time.
Concentrate on One Thing at a Time When you’re doing the right thing at the right time, dedicate yourself to that one thing and nothing else. Don’t let your mind wander to what else you could be doing. You don’t need to worry about that because "what else" has been allocated its own time and that time will come. Remember, the whole point of focusing is to make maximum use of your time, energy, concentration and creativity. If you can do this, you will give yourself the gift of more time for yourself and your family. So remember to turn it off too. Give 100% of yourself to the task at hand during the time allocated to that task and then let it go. Take care of business but always remember, life is for living!
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