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Focus On One Thing To Be Successful

By Adam Smith

“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” Alexander Graham Bell

How To Focus On One Thing To Be Successful

Have you ever been working out and you just want to give up because it’s so painful? I think the answer will be a resounding yes.

Whenever I am doing something challenging or uncomfortable my mind wonders to the future. It starts imagining how long this pain is going to last for, then quickly zaps away my focus. It falsely predicts an endless never-ending struggle and lets me know I should just give up. What my brain is really telling me is to find a way to be more comfortable. This is an option I can not and will not accept.

The Mind Games The Brain Plays

On our Creating Discomfort journey, I found a great way to stay focussed and that’s focussing on the present. It can be easy to look back at past experiences of how difficult something is. Likewise when imagining the pain of the future. When it comes to something challenging. Your mind will always try and make excuses to you why you shouldn’t do anything.

The main reason for this is that your mind is trying to protect you from danger but what this feeling doesn’t realise is that we are not living in the wild any more. We are living in the 21st century where what it perceives as being dangerous is not the case. Of course, we need this feeling but we need to learn to take control of it when we need to.

Focus on one thing to be successful and here we have a view of a city through a lens

The One More To Go Strategy

That’s why whenever we do anything challenging and our mind wants to give up. I say just one more to go! From there the brain is then happy to know it’s coming to an end. This keeps the mind focussed and because humans have the power to control our thoughts. I just repeat it again and again to receive the same benefits.

This worked so well whenever I did Yoga or any form of exercise like reps or running. Then I thought how else can I focus the one more to go strategy.

Here’s what I found,

Focus On 1 Goal At A Time

When it comes to goal setting or completing my to-do list it can feel never-ending. The thought of it has caused procrastination where nothing actually gets done.

Procrastination formed because I looked at the list in its entirety. It was like a big weight I had to carry all at once. When I applied the one more to go strategy it massively helped. My focus was transformed and instead of thinking about all 10 goals. I just focussed on the 1 major goal first. I did my to-do list way faster than I have ever done before and felt great every time I approached just 1 goal at a time.

When humans have multiple choices to make the brain can feel fuzzled and not make any decision at all. It can feel like a brain overload. So when it comes to any goal you want to achieve, focus on 1 goal at a time.

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Focus On The Person In Front Of You

You can apply this strategy anywhere. Over the past 10 years, the rise in mobile phones has skyrocketed and everyone has one. This can at times be a very distracting tool, especially when building real-life relationships.

Have you ever spoken to someone you’re trying to have a serious conversation with and their half-listening to you and half on their phone? It comes across as rude and they don’t care about what you have to say. This may not be the case for them but that’s how it looks.

That’s why to build a lasting and strong relationship with someone. When you’re communicating with them you should give them your full focus. This helps you to understand all points discussed so there’s no confusion. Also, it creates respect between each person which allows the relationship to flourish to new heights.

Final Thoughts

Through studying how to get more done in my day. I learned when we focus on one thing at a time, that’s where real progress happens. It helps you stay present and in the moment of living your life to the fullest. Most importantly it allows you to get things done.

Now it’s over to you. Where in your life are there difficulties? The places where your mind wants to give up far too easily. Find out what they are and acknowledge them. Then use the one more to go strategy and see yourself go further than you ever thought possible. Always remember that the brain is a muscle and with the right focus. It can achieve wonders.

“Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfilment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them.”
Jack Canfield

FUTURE MINDSET

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How To Start Your Day With A Successful Morning Routine

WHAT TO EXPECT!

In today’s article, How To Start Your Day With A Successful Morning Routine. I will show you my morning routine and how it helped my performance increase, overall wellbeing and how these habits have changed my whole outlook on life. Having a winning morning routine develops you to strengthen the mindset to deal with any challenges in your day effectively. Change your mindset, change your future!

My Morning Rundown

How To Start Your Day With A Successful Morning Routine

We all have a morning routine. I’m sure we all want to wake up in the morning firing out the blocks for a great day, but unfortunately, it’s never that simple and it can be more like a chore to wake up early. Then one day I had enough of my comfortable warm bed taking control of me and so I researched how to start your day with a successful morning routine.

There was an amazing amount of articles, books and videos on the subject. Everyone had their own style, timings and tasks they did that set them up for a great day. So I decided to find the patterns that came about the most and put them to action. Plus I added in a few of my own that would help me with what I really needed.

So here are my top morning tips on how to start your day with a successful morning routine. 

How To Start Your Day With A Successful Morning Routine

1. Pick A Time And Stick To It

The most important part of your whole routine is getting up. Sometimes this can be a challenge as the comfort of your bed and more sleep will try and get the better of you. This is normal for everyone but you still have a choice.

So the night before, you need to set an alarm that you know you can wake up to. Make sure you’re going to bed 6 -8 hours before you have to wake to make it an easier experience as the first few days, it’ll be very challenging to wake up early.

Once your brain knows when you want to wake up, it has an amazing effect of waking you up just before your alarm apart from the days when you haven’t had enough sleep or your body is exhausted from the previous day.

This is when you have to take control of your mind and just get up. This will be your most important win of the day because you have already beaten most people who don’t

2. Drink Water To Re-hydrate the Brain

Waking up the brain quickly in the morning makes everything else that you’re trying to do a lot easier. Overnight your body was of course still working, so rehydrating it before you start anything helps keep it in top-notch shape. 

3. Read A Personal Development Chapter

For me getting my brain firing on all cylinders is reading a book that can develop you and unlock new ideas. Reading in the morning is like fuel for the brain that gets it operating for the day ahead. Also, reading can be difficult once the day gets going due to commitments and at night your brain will be tired to take in the new information. So it’s a great time to do it in silence. 

4. Start Writing

Straight after reading, I start writing. This is a great way to put all your thoughts on paper. From doing this action – I have started writing blog posts more often, and it has given me a greater understanding of my thoughts. It also makes me feel great after the whole experience.

Writing straight away in the morning also takes away the procrastination of doing it later. When your minds busier with daily life. Especially when your children want your undying attention.

If blogging isn’t your thing then journaling just for your eyes only is exactly the same process. If not, find what works for you.

5. My Purpose & Vision

An important part of my morning routine is knowing where I’m headed throughout my day and life. That’s why I designed a vision board of the top things that I want to achieve within the next decade. This helps me stay positive and focus on what I need to achieve.

My goals for the day mainly revolve around achieving this objective.

This is a real personal experience. It doesn’t matter how you put it all together as long as you know clearly where you’re headed.

6. Gratitude Time

To lift yourself up is being grateful and thankful for anything in your life that comes to mind. It can be family, your home, the earth or just to be alive. When you’re grateful it releases positive emotions. Being grateful takes you into your day in a positive mental state. As well as keeping yourself balanced as a person.

7. My Victory List

It’s easy to see other peoples successes which can either lead to inspiration or jealously. The most important person you should reviewing for successes is yourself. We take for granted all that we have done in our lives.

So I created into sections the decades that I’ve lived and all of my achievements I could think of. Early on that, I learned to walk and talk.

My second decade was Winning the cup double and going to university. My last decade was opening my own business and having a wife and children.

When you have this list. It allows you to know that you are a success and you are worthy to be in this world. It also allows you to visualise what else you can add to your victory list

8. Breathing Meditation

Any form of mediation has been proven to boost your mental and physical capacity. The one I chose was the breathing meditation led by Wim Hoffs techniques. This is such an amazing journey to go on. I have definitely seen the benefits of being more balanced and calm as a person. I highly recommend this format but go on your own journey to find yours.

9. Yoga

For me getting older and having more responsibilities led to less time focusing on my body. Then I decided if I want to live a healthy life as I get older this has to change.

I thought Yoga was for women and now I know how wrong that statement was. This is for anyone at all different levels and my experience of this has been an absorbing one.

I practice with Breathe and Flow. It has shown me that my whole body needs work in flexibility and core strength. For you to add Yoga into your morning routine. It will definitely impact you later on in life. As well it will give you a great mood and accomplishment boost to start your day.

10. Full Body Workout

We all know the benefits of working out our body and the endorphins that get released from them. For me, it’s just committing and doing it. The mentality approach I have when I’m doing it is by saying “just one more.” That could be one more rep or one more set to go. This helps me stay present and get through the workout fully disciplined. You can research all the benefits but the answer will be to just do it!

I set aside 2 hours of my morning to do this. It has changed my life when it comes to happiness and productivity throughout the day.

If anyone out there may be suffering from anxiety, stress, forms of depression. Please create a morning routine. It will literally change your whole outlook on your day and eventually with hard work, your life.

What I Enjoy About My Routine

For me, the best thing about having a morning routine. Is that I have already won before I have even started my day. Every morning I work on 10 tasks that I need to achieve on my to-do list. Once that I’ve ticked off everything on my list, feel like a winner.

With that positive energy, the momentum takes me through the rest of my day with purpose. The number of times I have got into the state of flow because of my morning routine. Is too many to count.

There is a reason why athletes and successful people in all walks of life have a morning routine. It allows them the best possible start to their day.

What Can Set You Back

At first, this can be a big change in someone’s life. Especially with all the hurdles that can be thrown your way. For instance, if you needed more sleep and you woke up later than planned. Don’t write off the whole routine, just manage it the best you can.

For me having a 1-year-old wake you up at 4.am can be a real challenge to start your day with only 4 hours of sleep. It could be you have an important meeting that’s in the middle of your routine. It’s not ideal but we just have to adapt and not be so hard on ourselves.

We are not robots we are humans who are built to adapt. So you can use it as a strength and still get great results from your morning. It’s just our mindset towards it.

Final Thoughts

I hope now you know how to start your day with a successful morning routine. It’s definitely changed my life for the better. Before I end this post, I challenge you to create your own morning routine. It could be 1 thing you wish to do or it could be 10. Take action and commit to it and watch your life change for the better. Let me know how you get on. I would love to know!

THE FUTURE MINDSET

At Future Mindset, we are here to push the boundaries of our thoughts and actions. By chasing discomfort in our lives, it can lead us to unlock things inside us we never knew was there. Let’s change our mindset to change our future.

For all of our latest blog posts on developing your mindset. Make sure you sign up for our weekly newsletter to stay informed. Thank you so much for your support. We would love to discuss any comments on this post. If you have any suggestions on future posts. I’m more than happy to research and deliver that for you.

Chase discomfort and have a great day wherever you are!