Vicki is focused! ARE YOU?

I hope you don't mind if I share a little something that inspired me a bit today as I was sorting through my emails.



In my time at AmeriPlan, one of the things I have struggled with the most is FOCUS. My husband calls me a ping-pong ball on crack, and I don't think he means it as a complement!!



Energy is not a problem for me--I HAVE energy! Desire is not a problem for me--I HAVE a very strong desire! While my motivation my vary a bit from day to day, it never really wanes--I HAVE motivation! Even with all of those things working for me, without the ability to FOCUS, it's all static!



This article has really been a "light-bulb" of sorts for me, and I realize that just as the eye has to flex a lot of muscles to focus our vision, I need to flex my FOCUS muscles and truly SEE the path I need to stay on if I want to get there in the most efficient and effective manner. Every day I must make a DECISON about where I choose to focus, it doesn't just happen because I opened my eyes. Throughout our day our physical eyes have to CHOOSE what to focus on. When we're driving, we have to make a conscious effort to focus on the road instead of the people along side the road.



We will always have a million things from which to CHOOSE to focus. There will ALWAYS be distractions and those distractions may absolutely require our attention, BUT, we have a CHOICE on whether or not that is where we put our focus!



FOCUS is an ACTION VERB!! WOW!!



So, Kelly, how's YOUR focus?? Read this article and see if yours could use a bit of a workout too!



To Your (OUR) Success!!



Vicki C, NSD



Focus is the glue that holds a goal in place...an insurance policy on your journey to success. If you've got a great goal or idea but not focus, you really don't have much.



What exactly is Focus? Focus is simply a goal, a picture in your mind's eye of something you want. Your focus is usually spelled in CAPITAL LETTERS!



Focus is the equivalent of Moby Dick in a goldfish bowl...just too powerful to ignore.

A successful focus is based on the concept of singularity. Your goal must create in your mind both the perception and reality of importance.



The moment you focus on a goal, your goal becomes a magnet pulling you and your resources toward it. The more focused your energies, the more power you generate.



There is a seismic shift in performance that takes place when you move from decisiveness to focus. The shift is caused, enhanced, and accelerated by the intensity of your focus. Focus is like plugging into a power source all its own.



If there are two goal setting elements that should be joined at the hip, no better pair exists than Decision and Focus.



They feed off each other. Decision makes focus possible, and focus makes decision easier. Success offers living proof that decision and focus make for a lovely couple!



The moment you energize a goal with focus it will be as if the train you're riding instantly switches to a new set of tracks going in exactly the right direction at a high rate of speed.



We're all vulnerable - it is easy to lose focus. Accept the hard fact that you must repeatedly recover your focus. A brief loss of focus is a minor derailment, but, if not regained rapidly, loss of focus becomes a wholesale wreck. Focus, readjust and realign - that's the recipe behind all great accomplishment.



Every opportunity competes for time and focus.



Resist temptation. You can't do everything, but you can do one thing and stay with it until completion.



Once you begin to focus, it's like telling the world, "Watch out here I come!" Focus signals the coming out of your goal.



Guard your focus jealously. Determine not be distracted. Without focus, you lose your way...enthusiasm disappears...goals become faded aspirations. Goose your focus every day through constant care, feeding and attention.



You will receive no sympathy in the marketplace for loss of focus. The feeding frenzy will begin the moment you allow your focus to wane. You put a bounty on your head every time you lose focus.



Focus requires focus. Focus is a priority, a necessity, and an absolute; it practically guarantees a front-row seat to prosperity!