Focus - isn't that something you do with a camera?

Hello to all!

Good grief, I actually am going to follow-up on something I said in the last post. I sometimes do, but not so often as I should. How come I can lecture one hundred people in my job and can remember to come back as promised with more the next time and cannot seem to manage it here? Just one of those quirks of mine, I guess.

Rubbish! More like it is simply I am only focusing on what I want to say today and NOT the long-term. This is fatal in any business, online or off. If you have not got a plan, a focus, a way, then, baby, you are screwed. You must focus. Maybe not on the real big picture but on at least a piece of it.

How many of us have ever done jigsaws? My absolute favourite way of getting the damned things all together is to separate all the blue pieces, all the orange, green, red, whatever and make a small picture from them. Usually I end with the tiger or the mountains or the sky(mind you, that one is a pain!), then I start to connect the small picture into a larger one.

I know, I know, it is so much easier to get the sides and corners together first, or apparently so, according to experts. Well, that doesn't work for me, so I use a method that does. I FOCUS on the tiger, whatever and get that part right. That doesn't mean that I don't construct bits here and there too, when they seem to come together, but my main aim is the trees, or the sky or the tiger.

Bingo! When I have that main piece done, the rest falls into line. Usually. Or that is my expectation. I haven't been disappointed yet, so I guess it works. And that is what you should do with your writing, your business, anything that is not personal, although the rules here can be worked into personal as well. After all, what is the point of having a thriving business at the cost of your family? In my book, that is no good trade-off at all. After all, I would prefer to snuggle up with a warm body any day,  rather then cold hard cash. Everything in its place.

To revert back to another post, DO NOT go chasing shiny new things. Instead, focus on how you are going to get where you want to and go do it. It may take you some time, but at least you will have something to show for your work, and if you are focused enough, anything that is NOT helping will be spotted early in the piece.

What works for one may not work for another. But you can twist and tweak the original idea or thought to work for you. All you have to do is focus.