We live in a world of great distraction, where multitasking is necessary. The results should have been predictable. People have trouble focusing and managing time. It’s hard to find people who know how to focus and manage time in the workplace or any other place, things hardly ever get done.
When we are unable to focus, we lack intention. Intention requires the mental direction to do something, like determining the preferred outcome of a goal. Intention is knowing what you want from an activity, it is the drive to focus and execute the activity that stems from us. There is no focus without directing your attention to one thing intensely – the one thing that we approach with purpose.
What changes can we make to put our dreams and goals into action? Everyone who has a strong desire to accomplish a goal must have the best intentions to succeed. You we become distracted this will never happen. We would all end up like chickens with our heads cut off. We need to put attention on our intentions. Gay Henrrick puts in like this, “What we place our attention on grows.”
Our ongoing commitment every morning should be to set for ourselves up for success. This requires focus and a commitment toward a conscious choice about how attention and time is distributed throughout the day.
Commitment to anything requires perseverance in the face of any obstacle that comes our way. It involves maintaining focus and having determination, even when progress is slow or difficulties come our way.
Commitment requires resilience – the ability to bounce back from setbacks and failures. Resilient people view challenges as opportunities to grow and learn, rather than giving up.
In a world where we are distracted by cell phones and social media, the world isn’t going to accomplish anything until we learn to pay attention to our intentions.
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