What Is Focus and Why Is It So Important?

Focus. It’s a short and simple word but it’s critically important. Focus is the link to all sorts of decision-making, problem-solving, reasoning, learning, memory, and perception needs. If you’re unable to focus well, it will negatively impact your ability to think. 

Knowing how to focus and concentrate all your effort on something can be life-changing. Where you place your attention is where your energy goes. Because focus is so important, it’s crucial to understand more about it and how you can use it to succeed.

Focus

One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular. – Tony Robbins

To be able to achieve your dream, you have to be clear on what you want and focus on it for long enough to master it. You must also focus on the few tasks that have the most impact. It’s not enough to be clear on what to do, you must also be clear on what not to do. It’s easy to get distracted and waste time on petty tasks. Trust me, I’ve been there! Yet extreme focus is what will allow you to become a true expert in your field.

These 3 steps will greatly enhance your ability to focus:

Identify the tasks that will have the greatest impact and biggest contribution to your success, then spend the majority of your time on them.

Ask yourself, “Is what I’m doing now the best thing to do?”

Ask yourself, “If I continue doing what I’ve done today, will I achieve my goal?”

If you supercharge your passion by building unshakable faith, work your butt off, persevere no matter what, and focus until you become an expert at what you do, not even super-talented genius can catch up with you!