Focus to Get More Done!!

The word for the week is "Focus."

Distractions!!! Abolish them. Eliminate them. Send them to their rooms. Easy for me to say! Are you sitting down? I recently read a study that shows that people are most able to truly focus best for an average of only six hours each week. No wonder we aren’t getting anything done! And all this time I thought it was too many meetings and not enough sleep.

In the book, “Eat That Frog”, Brian Tracy states:

I figured out long ago I do my best work early morning. Anything I’ve done late night requires a note from home asking for a do over. If you haven’t settled in on what time of day and where you do your best work, note it and file it for future use when focus is required.

I focus on the things that really matter at my high productive time of day.

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