"Come to the movies with us", came the beckoning voice of friends. "Can you join a subcommittee to improve an event we're hosting", a text from work asked. What do these requests have in common?

These were two unrelated items that came on my radar as I sat trying to focus on completing this post for you. The mind battle I faced, as I subsequently turned each request down, was exhausting but I did. I kept my FOCUS on my priorities. You can learn to do this too.
In this Video:
00:43 - This Will Make You Cry
01:03 - Rituals That Matter
01:40 - Say No to Everything Else Besides This
02:20 - Take Care of Your Lacks This Way
02:48 - 5 Tips to Reduce Operator Trouble
04:53 - Bonus Tip, Find Out Who's There for You
05:13 - Quote from - Sabrina Bryan
05:28 - Affirmation to Move You Forward
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Transcription:
You probably remember a post that I did not long ago about how what you focus on is what gets done. Now, sometimes it's difficult to FOCUS and you don't know how to do it.

I want to give you five tips that you can start using today to be able to CREATE that focus that you need in your life, so that you can focus on the things that matter, so you can get things done, so you can see life moving ahead.

Alright, so here they are. These are the five tips that I have been learning, developing, and growing in myself.

I got some of these ideas from Brendon Burchard and I have learned from other great people who I follow them online or I have read some great books.
1. Know Where You are Going - This Will Make You Cry
So here is the first one; you need to have clear direction, you need to have a clear sense of PURPOSE, you have to have something that is drawing you.

I have said this a lot but it's really true, your why should make you cry, give you that sense of AMBITION so that you have something that you are going towards. And it makes it EASIER for you to focus and tune in to what you are doing.
2. Get a Jump Start on Your Morning - Rituals That Matter
Having morning rituals sets you up for a great day. What it does is that it sets the TONE.

It’s kind of like when you are trying to tune your guitar you have a pitching fork and you hear the tone and then you tune the guitar and it is in tune. Well your day needs that tone so that you can go into it, you can have the strength that you need. (Read Miracle Morning)

Some of these rituals are things like:

MEDITATION
staying AWAY from anything, getting into WORK right away
having a GOOD breakfast
taking time to read a good BOOK

Then be ready to jump into your highest priorities as you go through your day.

3. Know Your Priorities - Say No to Everything Else Besides This
Now point number three is really important because very often we can get busy with so many little things that are really great, that are really fun, but they are not the most important thing, they are not the thing that’s going to really move us FORWARD.

And when we want to focus, when we want to work on that big goal, some of these other things have nothing to do with it, you need to learn to say no to those things that are going to pull you away and focus on what many people call the big rocks.