What focus is really about…
When we talk about focus, we often talk about strategies and tactics to minimize distraction, clarify priorities and “do the work.” We say to ourselves that if we could just get it together and stay focused on what matters, everything would improve.
And so we go in search of ways to find our focus, including:
✅ Saying no instead of yes
✅ Developing a morning routine
✅ Setting up a weekly meeting to plan and prep for the week ahead
✅ Time blocking and task batching
✅ Committing to “eat the frog” before noon each day
✅ Leveraging tools like Notion or Asana or Trello or analogue bullet journals to stay organized
And if we’re lucky, these strategies work – sometimes really well – for a good, long while. Until one day they don’t, and then we panic and go in search of another strategy or tool to bring us back to the priorities at hand.
What’s often overlooked is that focus isn’t really just about priorities or habits or time blocking, is that courage is really about this…
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