Sharpen Your Focus or Get Left Behind - Don't Get Thrown Out With the Garbage

By Ocha Nix

You can't read everything you find in this digital world. It's sort of like paddling up stream in a river of garbage. However, what you can do is sharpen your focus on what is important to you then do what it takes to make something of it.

When you sharpen your focus, you will be able to filter out all the unnecessary garbage. You will get greater results when you do.

Sharpen Your Focus

I know it's hard to focus in today's digital world with all the social media input coming at you faster than a shooting star.

All the tweets, likes, shares, follows are coming at you from all directions and you find yourself trying to catch them all in fear that you will miss one.

If you sharpen your focus and concentrate on just a few topics that you find important to you, your digital life will become less hectic and more productive.

Find the Target

The first thing you need to do is find your target. What is it that moves you the most? Once you know this, you are ready to put it in gear.

• Find a place where it is quite so you can focus on what actually matters
• Listen to your heart before you do anything else. Your mind will learn to follow.
• Write down everything you think about that you want to accomplish. Stay at this as long as it takes.
• Take a break. Walk outside, do something fun that will relax your mind. I know this is hard but it helps sharpen your focus.
• Come back to your list and look it over. Add anything else you may have thought of while on your break.

Time to Take Out the Garbage

No that you have your list it's time to take out the garbage so you can sharpen your focus. Mark off your list everything that you find that is not very important.

If you have even a second thought, get rid of it. Once you have completed this process you should have only about five or six things left on your list.

Sharpen your focus a bit more and get it down to two or three items.

These few things that are left are what you should focus on and nothing else until you accomplish them.

Will other things try to creep in and take over your thoughts? Yes, but all you have to do is get rid of the garbage and sharpen your focus.

My name is Ocha Nix, and my career has spanned 31 years in the sales and distribution industry from inside sales, customer service and area manager. The one thing I have learned is that your customer always wants to be kept in the know with everything you are doing for them. Providing the right information and solutions while maintaining a positive business relationship has helped me build many loyal customers and memorable relationships.