Focus on Steroids: Hitting the Extremes

Hey warriors,

I've got something to share about "Focus" - which happens to be integral part of anyone's success. This is something I realized on my own, one of those enlightening moments.

Yeah, I know what you're thinking, the same old yakking on 'don't lose your focus' and 'focus on your work'. What I'm referring to here is, focus as a way of life, not a part of it.

I've read loads and loads of material on how exactly you must be focusing on one single thing and give it your best shot. I did try that but I still kept getting deviated, distracted and moving away from my focal point. Didn't make sense. Even when I was giving my 100% (that's what I thought) and concentrated in every way, I went on losing the track. Why?

The answer did astound me; it hit me hard like all those amazing eureka moments. And no I didn't discover it in the bathtub, but when I was out on a simple walk. I realized that I was walking without any conscious thought or effort, neither did I have to concentrate on my leg movements in order to move forward. This was obviously because walking became a habit for me, an automatic action. But before it became that, it required me to put in intense focus as a toddler. At a tender age of 1, walking was no walk in the park for me - it took extreme focus! We all learn to walk the same way, by focusing on maintaining balance, watching out for objects, being very careful, just so that we don't fall and hurt ourselves.

Coming to the real point, realizing that I can walk without any focus was obviously no big discovery. But what struck me was, if we could again start focusing on all the things we do unconsciously, no matter how small, we can make focus a very strong, indestructible habit, a habit that can help us pull through anything. It's called living in awareness.

Imagine how this could help on the long run. Once you start to put your focus on the smallest of things that you do unconsciously, you automatically create a positive habit of concentrating on the details of whatever you do, no matter how big. Let's take this example - we all brush our teeth every morning and night, right? How many of us focus on it while in the act? Like, real focus? Not many! But try doing that once, and I bet you'll realize what you had been missing on for a long time. Be it anything, eating, drinking, walking, talking... if you could just focus on what you're doing, in detail, even if it's very easy for you to do, you'll get so much more out of it. Trust me, living in awareness can balance your life like never before.