FOCUS ON SOMETHING

Have you ever felt that things just weren’t going right? You don’t know exactly what is wrong, why it seems wrong, or how to correct it you just know something isn’t right.

The uncertainty is the hardest thing to deal with when this happens. The waiting for the problem to show itself is about as unsettling a feeling as you can have. And no one can really help. People try, our friends tell us things like “what do you have to worry about?” our spouse asks us “did you do something to make you feel this way?” and our sales managers say to us “go sell something and it will go away!”

I have found that the sales manager is the closest to really helping you. In their own way they are giving you advice that can actually get things back on track. What they are saying is GO TO WORK, now I won’t say go to work but I will say FOCUS ON SOMETHING! When you have this feeling that something is wrong you usually lose focus. You fixate on what you think may be wrong and you forget to do things right.

When you find yourself a little lost the best remedy is to start doing things that you know you do right. As a matter of fact you should start with the things you not only do right but the things that you do EXCELLENT! This will accomplish two things, first it will rebuild your confidence, second what you do usually is almost second nature so you will not need to put a lot of mental energy into it. This will give you the time you need to pin point the problem or allow the problem you THINK you have to pass.

The worst thing you can do is to keep your focus on trying to recognize the problem. YOU CAN’T FOCUS ON A NEGITIVE AND ATTAIN POSITIVE RESULTS! This is a fact that is universally true.

It takes practice to be so mentally strong that you can tune out a problem and focus on something else. The more you do it the better you will get at it. Start this way, whenever you consciously think a negative thought, immediately replace it with a positive one. The mind can only focus on one conscious thought at a time so if you’re thinking negatives you will be negative if you think positive you will be positive.

Lorin