The One Skill That Can Define Your Ability to Succeed
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People tend to underestimate what they can do, and what is possible, because they don’t have the ability to focus. If you can’t really concentrate your efforts on one task for an extended period of time, you’re going to find it a lot more difficult to actually get things done.
That is why the ability to turn on intense focus for as much time as is needed is absolutely essential to your success. Without it, you will jump aimlessly from task to task, not finishing anything, and not getting anywhere closer to your goals.
Learn the skill of focus, because it will help with every other area of your life.
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Points to Keep In Mind
- There are three types of people: People making things happen, people watching things happen, and people wondering what happened
- Be focused and practical
- You can do a lot more than you think you can do if you can just learn how to really focus
- There is a time to stop and smell the roses, but if you’re not where you want to be, then now is not that time
- Anyone who thinks a president or political party will fix your problem is wrong
- In many ways, success of a lot more simple than people think
- Awareness of where you are and where you want to go is the first step to getting there
- If you have a problem, admit it. If you’re broke, admit it, and move on to the next phase
- The problem with people blaming other people for their financial problems is that they will never get out of the situation they find themselves in
- There’s no long-term fix for making more than you make, you have to recognize it and change it
- At the end of the day, nobody really cares about you but you
- If people took have the time that they spent complaining about things and put it into fixing their situation, they might not have anything to complain about anymore