Focus

Why is it so hard to focus? Whether we have to focus on weight, our relationships, or a bank account, it is always difficult to stay focused. As I thought about the focus a entrepreneur needs, I realized that we lose focus because we cannot keep a concentrated effort on a specific agenda. In Thomas Oppong's blog, 11 Habits of Remarkable Entrepreneurs , one of the habits he feels is key, is incredible focus.

Recently I watched two movies, Cast Away with Tom Hanks and All is Lost with Robert Redford. In both of these movies the major character had to focus intensely on survival. There was only one focus, survival. Here is why it is so difficult for us to become focused and any activity especially as an entrepreneur. It is very hard, yet not impossible to focus with an intense passion on just one thing as in the above movies. 

What is needed for focus is an intensity on all the actions needed to reach the goal. In both movies improvision and creativity was of paramount importance. The question is in today’s society, how can we reach and maintain this type of focus. 

In my opinion, since we experience so many distractions, and also have so many responsibilities. The answer seems to lie in the ability to set time aside, specifically  uninterrupted time, so this focus can be put into practice daily. In this way, several things begin to happen. Confidence can be built, components for success can be focused on, and the process keeps you in the moment. This type of application is seen in Kemetic Philosophy, recreation is the very act of life, a consciousness of each moment of your life and your connection to what is developing at each moment. So recreation is not running six miles or lifting weights, or doing Pilates, yoga, recreation is the ability to re-create each moment. 

This makes perfect sense if we think about our physical body. At any moment we have millions of actions that maintain our body, constantly re-creating our bodies. Yet, we have forgotten that the most important focus should be on re-creating the world we live in. We have delegated these responsibilities to others, and this has not worked well. So how do we increase our focus? We must be dedicated to a specific time slot that we can re-create in. It may take a little longer, to reach a goal, but the end results will be satisfying and life-changing.