Focus

So the word Focus means the center of interest or activity. So when you are focused; your interest is on one thing. In the last post I wrote about Wildly Important Goals which is one or two goals that is more important than any other goal.

It is not easy to set just one or two Wildly Important Goals and then its even harder once you have set that goal to Focus on that goal in order to achieve it. We often get caught up in the whirlwind of other things around us.

Your goal could be to sell $3,000 dollars worth of product this month and that could be your Wildly Important Goal. But often times we get distracted by the whirlwind, like a customer needs you to run a product out to them right this minute, or things outside of work become distractions or the whirlwind, which cause us to lose focus and lose site of our goal. So you may be wondering how do I stay focused, here are a few key pointers that can help you stay focused.

1. Make Clear To-Do-Lists everyday with key important things that will lead you to the Wildly Important Goal, the whirlwind items come lower on the list.

2. Learn to say NO to the whirlwind things that push you away or distract you from the goal

3. Don't be a YES man where when ever some one asks you to do something you do it, FOCUS on what will get you to the GOAL

These are three simple steps that can help you stay focused and help you reach your Wildly Important Goal making you Wildly Successful.

Good Luck and Go Succeed!

What is your W.I.G (Wildly Important Goals)

I have been listening to a book on CD on my way to work. Its called "The 4 Disciplines of Execution" In the first part of the book it talks about goals. Many times we set a lot of goals and we want to accomplish all of them. But it is better to set one or two Wildly Important Goals. When you set one or two goals you are able to focus and accomplish the goals with perfect execution.

When you set multiple goals that you feel are important you begin to spread yourself too thin and while you may be able to accomplish the goals, you will likely accomplish them with poor execution. When you don't reach your goals with perfect execution you are doing yourself, your team, and your business a disservice.

So take a look at your goals and narrow it down to one of the most important one or two goals that are Wildly Important. What most people find out as they set their Wildly Important Goals and accomplish the goal is the goal actually took care of a lot of the goals on the other list. Don't spread yourself too thin, set one or two Wildly Important Goals and go complete them with perfect execution and you will realize how much more successful you will be when you are focusing on one or two things.

i.g. Why is Apple the number one producer of Cell phones? Because they only have one model every year, they don't have multiple sku's unlike other competitors like Samsung, Nokia, etc.

Apple is more focused on a couple of products rather than hundreds of products. Which makes them execute with perfection. Whereas the competitors work on hundreds of products spreading themselves thin so their execution isn't as high of quality.