Thoughts on Focus

To become more focused and goal-oriented, it is better to work on setting up a work conducive atmosphere, rather than rely on pure discipline. To that end, following are some practical steps:

• Declutter. Do away with distractions in your living space and on your computing devices. Maintain an environment that is minimal, beautiful and clean.
• Map. Create and maintain a list of all your goals, plans, wants and desires, etc. Visit this whenever you start your day to affirm what you want to do for the day.
• Entertain Make the mundane parts of your activities less so. For example, have something of interest to you play in the background like a long format podcast, an interview, a cooking show or whatever else. It should be something that could keep you entertained, but not require your constant attention.

One more thing. Be very mindful of your goals and the impact they have. Not everything that is success in the eyes of others is true success.