It takes effort to focus your mind --
not physical
effort but mental effort. Though it is
may be
difficult, you can, through practice and
experience, become better and better at
keeping
your mind focused.
It is indeed
worth the effort.
Many shortcomings and disappointments
result from
the inability to keep your mind focused.
Consider
how very often you are distracted. Think
of the
many things you decide to do and then
never take
action toward. Now, imagine how
solidly
effective you could be if every effort,
every
moment were focused on a single
objective until it
was achieved.
The power of a
focused mind is
enormous.
Focus is difficult at first. The world is so full of distractions and we are naturally attracted to them. But that can be overcome with will, desire and intention. Practice staying focused for longer and longer periods. Make it a priority. Soon, focus will come more quickly, more dependably, and naturally.
Get yourself in focus. Point your substantial energy in a specific, positive direction. It's one of the best things you can do to improve the quality of your life and the world around you.
-- Ralph Marston
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Goals and Journaling
Two Interesting Points...
1)
From Anne Fletcher's Thin For
Life
"A
number of studies indicate that people
who keep
food diaries lose more weight and keep
it off
longer than those who do not.
Quite
a few
masters [people who lost weight and kept
it off]
mentioned that keeping a food diary is
the most
important thing they do to keep their
weight down;
more than a third mentioned that they
keep a diary
or count calories if their weight
rises." (p. 101)
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2)
In 1953, researchers interviewed the
graduating
seniors at Yale University and asked
them if they
had a set of written goals for their
lives. Less
than 3% of the Yale graduates had such a
list.
Twenty years later, in 1973, a follow-up
study was
done.
The 3% that had the written
goals when
they graduated from Yale in 1953, were
worth more
than all the other 97% of the class
members
combined.
Isn't that a truly compelling reason to sit down right now and formulate your own written goals?
There is really something about writing it down...
