An Old-school Trick To Stay Focused Through The Hard Stuff
An Old-school Trick To Stay Focused Through The Hard Stuff
By chris danilo on Sep 18, 2018 05:00 am
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You can probably name a pretty decent number of movies that show “perseverance,” “fortitude,” or “determination.”
Most of these movies represent challenges and obstacles in really obvious ways so viewers can relate quickly.
This means, adversity is usually represented in some physical way.
Sports and war movies lend themselves very well to this model.
The trouble is that most “hard stuff” in your life won’t be physical.
It will be social, or emotional.
School did NOT prepare you for this.
Specifically, this means dealing with difficult personalities, regulating your emotions, and knowing when to put yourself first versus when to put others first.
None of this was part of your education—yet it’s necessary for success.
So what are you going to do about it?
2 Minute Action:
Take 2 minutes to meditate this morning.
Meditation can help train you to focus on what’s important and become more immune to distractions.
Not only is this an ages old tactic, but there is more and more empirical evidence for this each year
This could mean task distractions or it could mean emotional distractions.
The skill of focus is pretty transferable.
If you don’t know how to meditate or even know what that means, try calm.com, or the headspace app. These will help guide you.
Everyone has 2 minutes.
You don’t need an hour.
You just need 2 minutes on this, over time.
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