Why is it that the same task given to two equally talented individuals is likely to take completely different amounts of time to complete? Popular opinion would have you believe it is all about focus!
We work in a world of distractions. The phone never stops ringing. The emails never stop coming. The interactions with work colleagues are never ending. The open plan office is always noisy. No matter which way we turn, there’s a distraction. How is it possible to stay focused? It is a wonder we actually complete anything at all. Or is it?
Consider this: how is it that some of us can stay focused and others can’t? Why do we accomplish some things quickly and other things seem to take us forever? One simple word … desire.
Desire is truly one of our most powerful internal emotional drivers. Desire will take us out of our comfort zone. Desire will make us ignore even the most persistent dissenter. Desire will fuel us through the most desolate terrain. Desire will keep us on track until desire is fulfilled.
If you are doing something because you ‘have to’ rather than because you ‘desire the outcome’, you will actually welcome any distraction which comes your way. Distractions themselves become the desired respite from something you just simply may not be that interested in doing, no matter how much you try and convince yourself otherwise. Staying focused without desire is a huge effort.
So desire the outcome before even thinking about ‘the how’. When your desire is strong enough, your focus will follow. The how, the work, the attention needed and the outcome you desire will result.
… Robert
