How to stay focused in life

In this age of constant notifications, it is easy to get distracted. You can use notifications as an excuse not to to stay distracted. What you focus on is what you see. If you focus on something which does not exist you will start imagining it. So if you focus yourself on success you will start seeing it even if it does not exist in your life. You can stay focused in a distracted environment by controlling the things you give importance to.

To stay focused in life, control the things you give importance to

the past, present or the future

The past is gone, focus on the present to build a great now and future

many or a few

Focus on many means having no focus unless your are a superhuman. Focus on the few things which are important. Focus on few means you ignore many. The many you ignore could be friends, family and society. Are you ready to ignore to many?

pleasure or pain

Are you driven by pleasure or pain. Some use the promise of pleasure to move forward. Others move forward to avoid pain. Both are fine depending on who you are as person. Fear of pain is good for jolting you into action. The promise of pleasure is good for sustaining the action. It works differently for different people.

do vs don't

We all know about the hundreds of things one need to do to be successful in life. Being successful in life also requires having a list of things you should not do. The mistakes that you avoid are as important as the great stuff you get done. 

things you control vs things which you don't

Do you focus on the economy and government or do you mind your own business. Focus on things which you can do or are doing in your life. Don't hold yourself back by the things which are out of your control

resources vs resourcefulness

Are you focused on the resources which you have or you don't? Its always good to have resources which will help you win. The biggest resource is resourcefulness.  Resourcefulness helps you win when you lack resources.  Are you focused on building resourcefulness? You want to use your resourcefulness to win despite the resources you have

micro vs macro

Are you getting your hands dirty and getting stuff done or are you living in your ideas and thought

Support your focus

Focus requires a lot of mental energy. You need to take care of your mind by providing it with support

• no noise - anything which is not relevant to your life goals is noise for your goals. You want noise to be low
• no media / social media - unless you need media to achieve your goal
• ignore people who pull you down - it is self explanatory
• give yourself the right fuel  - Add SENSE in your life