‘I wish I could find my focus,’ you say.
‘I’m just so unfocused. I always waste time and procrastamacate.’
Ok, so you want to be more ‘focused.’ But do we even know what we mean by ‘focus’ half the time?
‘Focus’ is a concept that describes where you put your attention and how effectively that attention is used.
When you focus on several things at once, or your concentration is poor — you spread your awareness more thinly, and your focus diminishes.
Here’s the thing: we’re all focused. It’s just that some of us are focused on better things that serve them. You can be a focused video gamer and go years without developing that creative project you’d initially planned.
Maintaining the right kind of focus is a skill. This is essentially the act of continually redirecting your attention towards what matters most. We need it to enjoy the rewards of putting sustained and channelled attention on the things that matter.
But I learned one thing about focus that changed everything for me. For years, I thought focus required a concerted effort. I thought you needed to grit your teeth, be tough, and furrow your brow to be focused.
Yeah, good luck with that, numb nuts.
