Are you leaving enough time to remember? A big part of staying focused is remembering. Remembering why we wanted to do, what we wanted to do, in the first place. It’s in the nature of projects to lose momentum. Highs where off, distractions show up, the going gets though and people (you and me) lose focus. That’s why remembering is such a powerful practice. It creates an opportunity to regroup, recenter and ask the questions that matter so we can remind ourselves of the answers. Why did I care about this project? What did I want to accomplish or see through? What was the vision? Do I still care? Is there something I’m afraid of? Even though things are tough, am willing to keep going? I feel like the people that I look to up to the most are asking themselves some version of these questions all the time. Not once, not twice, but constantly throughout the journey. You would think asking ourselves the tough questions once would be enough. That somehow our mind would store the answers as fact and keep them on file for future reference. And yet it just doesn’t work that way. Thoughts of doubt, fear, and worry pile up. They affect us all by creating unnecessary layers. Layers that make it difficult to focus. Remembering is like digging. The practice of it helps us dig through all the nonsense, all the layers, and arrive on the side of clarity. And when we are clear, focus just happens.
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 00:37:27 +0000
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