Empowering Women World Changers

DAY CHALLENGE: DAY 29

Lessons to Master Your Money, Career, Health & Relationships.

Welcome to the last 2 days of the 30 Day Challenge. The last two days will wrap up the series of powerful lessons we’ve been experiencing these last 28 days. If you’ve just discovered this 30 Day Challenge today, please feel free to jump in or start at Day 1.

Have you ever started a project and you were feeling so excited about it, your energy is 10/10, you’re just unstoppable! Then something grabs your attention and then another thing grabs your attention and after a while, you ask yourself, what was I doing again? Some call it “The bright shiny object syndrome”. How do you think that affects our effectiveness?

Because I’m such an “idea” person, I am very much guilty of this. Luckily I am aware of this in myself and have found some ways to keep myself focused. I developed my own personal mission statement for work and life using The Path™ process by Laurie Beth Jones. That helps me keep on my path and not get side tracked. I know that my mission is to discover, develop and unleash the power within myself and others. I use this every time an opportunity comes my way – I can use that as a guide – to keep me focused on what things I want to get involved in and as a filter – to weed out things which are “time-wasters” or things that are not aligned with my life purpose.

When it comes to a project, large or small, mind maps have helped me a lot. I create bubbles of all the things I have to do with regards to the project at hand and then I put an asterix on the task that I need to do first or the one that will have the most impact. Then I focus on that and only that until it is completed before I move on to the next thing.

Using a timer is another great tool. It’s easier to focus on something when you know it’s only for 20 minutes (or a defined chunk of time). Then I commit to working on that and only that for that chunk of time.

If you haven’t figured it out yet, today’s lesson is all about The Power of Focus. Have you let tasks, events or people detract you from your path? There’s nothing that steals away and delays dreams and success like procrastination and lack of focus. Watch this powerful video below to hear Tom Wood’s powerful story about focus! As you watch it, think about the areas in your life that could be so different if you were super-focused on it! Enjoy!

RESOURCE:

The Course in Mastery Day 29

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRV19c8pEdE