FOCUS

ZONEWritten by David Lanre Messan

Get into the 'FOCUS ZONE’As an entrepreneur, it is imperative you consider certain salient features,

characteristics or behaviours as part of your success strategy. Examples of

such features are hard work, knowledge, love, luck, money, leadership,

attitude, innovation, focus and so on. My emphasis today will be on

F-O-C-U-S.

In business, and to eventually succeed, an entrepreneur needs a good

dose of focus multiplied by attitude which is usually 100% by calculation.

The reason for this is that where focus goes, energy flows and as an

entrepreneur, if you don't take the time to focus on what matters, then

you are living a life of someone else's design. That is to say, that which you

think about expands – therefore, develop the habit of always focusing on

what you want not on what you don't want.

As a business person or entrepreneur, you have the power to focus

but unfortunately only a few of us really do. Despite the various

demands being made by images, sounds, feelings, people and

experiences all around us, you still have to take control and be in

charge by having a single eye system known as focus. You have to

stop the insanity caused by distractions by putting a stake in the

ground for what you want for your life and business today.

Quickly, I will share with you eleven focus strategies that will help you achieve

real results and real success:

· Have well defined goals – write them down as deadlines.

· Break the big goals into tasks – this makes life easier and business

to manage.

· Prioritize constantly – do what you should be doing and don't get

crowded with too many intentions.

· Track your progress – Check on a weekly basis if your eyes are still

single on the set goals and tasks

· Be persistent – focused entrepreneurs are persistent strivers. Even

when they fail, they don't look back.

· Disconnect for Nowness – focused entrepreneurs are those that live

life in order of importance: Real-life first, and then Virtual life – so

don't hide behind the keyboard in the name of browsing.

· Focus on people not personas – The entrepreneurs that dominate the

online world are those that don't live on twitter or facebook. Many of

them usually cut off internet access most of the time, neither are they

tied to their blackberry. They simply dominate the offline world and yet

control the online world.

· Break away and go back to the basics – when it comes down to crunch

time, the focused entrepreneur doesn't mess around. You must know

when to jack and when to play, get back into your “focus zone”.

· Have positive patterns in your routine – even when you are down,

exude happy feelings, a feeling of positivity must become your daily

meal.

· Reward yourself – always motivate yourself with a “happy hour bottle”

whenever you achieve a task or a goal.

· Say, “I am a Focused Entrepreneur” – tell it to your

family, friends, colleagues and anyone who cares to

listen. Share your progress on your goals, that way you

get back to your “Focus Zone”.

In conclusion, your attitude towards everything gives

you an edge. Give focus the right attitude, and your

business and life will flourish. Sometimes, focus could

be being sensitive to even setbacks as when we look

around, we look straight ahead. Sometimes, we look

up but rarely do we look down. We miss so much that

is right under our nose.

Thank You for Reading. Be the Change. Live by Innovation. Act the Words.

Now, get back into your “FOCUS ZONE”.

M LI A D M

David Lanre Messan. Innovation Rules!

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