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Natural focus state: 🟢 Wednesday (S5) S21:E5 · Inspirations for Your Life

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  Well, hello there everyone, it is John C.
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  Morley here, serial entrepreneur.
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  So without any further ado, let's kick this
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  show off.
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  Well, if you didn't know, this is Inspirations
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  for Your Life.
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  Our topic for the week of Inspirations for
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  Your Life is a really good one.
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  And so let me refresh you on what
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  that topic is in case maybe you don't
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  know what that topic is.
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  So I'm here to, I guess, enlighten you.
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  That topic is, gentlemen, for the week, which
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  starts on Saturday, ends on Friday.
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  And that is How Focus Shapes Daily Performance
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  Series 5, show number 21, episode, yes, this
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  is episode number, I think there's a second,
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  episode number five, number five, all right?
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  So ladies and gentlemen, I am John Seymour,
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  a serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video producer,
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  podcast host, coach, of course, keynote speaker, graduate
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  student, a passionate lifelong learner, and now very
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  grateful to be a published author.
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  Yes.
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  That's pretty moving, I have to tell you.
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  First time I actually signed some books for
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  some friends and family, that was really a
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  movie experience.
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  So our title today is How Focus Shapes
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  Daily Performance.
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  And this episode of Inspirations for Your Life
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  is about your life exploring how focus directly
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  shapes clarity, execution, energy, and real-world performance.
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  So when attention is stable, everything becomes easier.
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  When attention is scattered, everything becomes harder.
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  This show breaks down how focus controls output
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  in real-time daily life, yes.
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  So, yes, I want to say welcome to
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  you one more time to the show, it's
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  great to have everyone here.
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  Today, I'm focusing on something simple, but very
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  powerful.
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  Your attention is not just awareness, guys, it
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  is the control system behind your performance, your
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  energy, and your results.
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  Where attention goes, everything follows.
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  Let's break it down, shall we?
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  Sure.
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  So first thing I want to talk about
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  is this, and it's important.
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  Number one is focus.
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  This determines how clearly you think.
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  Clear thinking produces stronger decisions and better outcomes.
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  That's the truth, guys.
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  Number two, attention controls the quality of execution.
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  Strong focus reduces errors and increases precision.
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  We've said that before.
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  But I want you to understand it, and
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  I want you to know it, because that
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  is the key, guys, to what makes things
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  become better in your life, all right?
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  I think that's a very, very important thing
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  that a lot of people, like I said,
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  don't really understand, but it is really important
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  that you understand it, because this makes the
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  difference for your life, all right?
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  So number three, energy follows attention direction.
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  Where your focus is, where your mental power
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  is spent, distraction reduces performance instantly.
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  Every interruption breaks momentum and clarity, whether it's
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  a click, whether it's a sound, whether it's
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  a yell, whether it's a tap on the
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  shoulder, it breaks it.
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  And that's something, I think, that scares a
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  lot of people, you know, that that actually
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  happens, you know, that that actually happens, that
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  it breaks that.
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  And so when we think about how this
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  works, OK, we think about the fact about
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  energy flowing and your mental power, right?
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  Single focus improves speed and accuracy.
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  One task at a time will create stronger
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  results.
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  Multitasking, which so many companies think they're being
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  geniuses at by having you do so many
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  things at once, you're actually producing less results
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  and a lower quality.
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  Multitasking reduces overall efficiency and the quality of
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  it.
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  The brain loses time switching between inputs.
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  We've said this before.
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  Clarity improves decision-making.
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  Better focus removes hesitation and confusion.
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  Mental noise slows down execution to many thoughts,
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  reducing action speed.
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  Number nine, focus stability improves workflow.
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  Workflow becomes smoother and more predictable.
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  Number 10, attention drifts lower and so does
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  the productivity.
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  Losing focus reduces output without noticing it.
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  Structured focus improves the consistency.
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  Repeat attention builds reliable performance.
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  Execution reflects attention quality.
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  Quality.
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  Your output mirrors your focus, habits, and your
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  life.
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  Poor focus creates unfinished work.
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  Tasks remain open longer than necessary and more
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  frustration just seems to build.
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  But strong focus reduces mistakes.
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  Stable attention improves accuracy.
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  And when we can improve accuracy, guys, we
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  can create some amazing things.
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  We can do some amazing stuff together.
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  And I think that's a very, very important
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  thing to understand for everyone.
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  Very important thing.
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  Number 15, guys, attention improves problem solving.
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  Yeah.
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  Attention improves problem solving.
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  I think that's another one that I think
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  a lot of people don't realize that they
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  have that power right in their own pocket.
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  I don't think they realize it.
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  I don't think they know that that actually
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  happens, but it does.
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  It happens every single day, guys, every single
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  day, every single day.
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  That's pretty powerful, guys.
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  Pretty powerful.
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  Pretty powerful.
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  All right.
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  Let's move on to the next point.
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  When thinking about this, you want to be
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  having clear focus and revealing better solutions faster.
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  But then I want to talk to you
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  about distraction.
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  So distraction, number 16, creates hidden fatigue.
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  It does.
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  Doesn't matter whether it's heavy distraction or whether
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  it's light distraction, it still interrupts you and
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  it causes you to switch.
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  Mental exhaustion increases without progress.
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  Number 17, focus improves energy efficiency.
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  Less wasted attention all the time.
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  Preserves your stamina, your energy, and gives you
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  better quality in everything you do.
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  That's important, guys.
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  Number 18, stable attention improves speed.
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  Less switching means faster completion.
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  Every time we have to get acclimated to
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  something, we have to switch.
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  We have to adjust to it.
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  And there's a slowdown in that process, guys.
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  There is a big slowdown every time we
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  have to readjust.
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  Number 19, guys, clarity improves execution and the
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  quality.
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  See, clear thinking leads to better action taking.
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  A lot of people I know want to
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  jump to that action because they think they
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  can immediately.
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  But you know the truth of the matter
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  is they can do it, but they do
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  it in a matter without thinking.
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  So now you're wondering, like, why are you
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  suddenly going this way or going that way?
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  Right?
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  Why are you suddenly going that way?
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  And I think it happens to us almost
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  as an awareness.
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  That awareness causes us to be pretty amazing.
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  Okay?
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  And that awareness gets us to change where
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  we are right now.
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  Where we're at right now.
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  Where we're at right now.
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  And I want to say to you, it's
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  important to know why.
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  And the why may not always be apparent.
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  It might not always be apparent.
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  And I think that happens because many people,
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  okay, don't understand what they're doing.
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  Not that they can't learn.
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  Not that they can't learn.
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  But they don't understand what's happening.
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  They don't understand what it means.
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  Okay?
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  And if we can just understand that, then
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  maybe it's important to know about it.
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  Maybe.
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  But maybe the biggest thing I can say
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  to you is that where you are right
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  now is the place you're supposed to be.
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  Because you've arrived there based on the choices
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  that you've taken in the past.
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  Now these choices might not have all been
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  good choices.
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  Some good.
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  Some might have been not so great.
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  But the long and the short of it
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  is that you arrived where you are right
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  now.
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  And you deserve a pat on your back.
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  You've gone through a lot.
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  And you're here.
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  You are still here.
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  You are still here.
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  That's important, guys.
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  The fact that you're still here.
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  The fact that you're still going.
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  The fact that you're still excited about things.
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  That is what gets you to go further
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  in life.
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  We talk a lot about awareness.
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  We talk a lot about quality.
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  We talk a lot about not multitasking.
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  I think everybody thinks by multitasking you're going
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  to become more successful.
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  You're going to become more tired.
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  And more disgusted.
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  Because you can't get where you want to
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  be.
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  All because somebody sold you a dream and
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  said the only way you're going to get
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  there is to multitask.
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  Working harder and doing more is not the
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  key to success.
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  Working smarter, but being more present.
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  Being more present.
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  And when you're more present, things can change.
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  In your life.
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  And I think that's something that a lot
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  of people don't know.
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  Not because they don't want to.
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  But because they're just simply not aware of
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  it.
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  They're not aware of what it is.
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  They're not aware of potential.
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  They're not aware of the challenges.
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  They're not aware of why they didn't get
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  where they wanted to go.
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  Look at the data, guys.
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  Look at that data.
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  The data makes a big difference.
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  Okay?
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  The data makes a big difference.
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  And when we can make some changes based
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  on the data that we have learned.
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  And that we're continuing to learn.
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  Our life grows.
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  Our life takes different steps.
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  Steps that maybe we didn't think we could
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  take before.
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  But now suddenly we get confidence to take
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  these steps.
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  And these steps, like I said, are a
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  little bit scary.
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  Okay?
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  But the key, guys, is to understand where
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  you are right now in your life.
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  Where were you yesterday?
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  Last week?
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  Look at how far you have come.
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  And that's not something I share with you
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  lightly.
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  I'm not sharing that so you can give
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  yourself a pat on the back.
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  I'm giving you that because I want you
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  to understand that there is true potential in
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  you.
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  Only when you become present.
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  When you become aware of the people, things,
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  and places going on in your life right
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  now.
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  When we think about our life.
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  When we think about focus.
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  So many people I know are like, oh
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  my gosh, I'm getting such a headache.
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  I'm thinking so hard.
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  I'm getting a headache.
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  That's not the kind of focus you need.
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  Focus should be done in a very light
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  and playful way while maintaining attention.
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  This attention should not be attention that's going
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  to give you a headache.
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  Or it's going to, you know, make you
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  feel uneasy.
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  That's not what I mean by attention.
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  Attention just means that you are consistently giving
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  one thing your thought.
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  A person your thought.
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  And when you're finished with that, you move
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  on to the next thing.
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  And then you give that your thought or
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  thoughts.
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  Too many people try to be here.
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  They try to be here.
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  They try to be here.
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  They try to be all over the place.
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  And then they wonder why they are not
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  going anywhere.
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  And I want to tell you why.
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  It's because when your brain has to keep
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  switching over and over and over again, this
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  becomes a complete nightmare.
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  It becomes a nightmare.
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  And the reason it's a nightmare is because
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  of one thing.
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  You're not able to see where you're going.
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  You don't have headlights to see what's in
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  front of you.
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  You don't have headlights to see what's in
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  front of you.
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  If you saw what was in front of
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  you, you're like, oh my gosh, I got
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  to turn around or I got to make
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  a turn or whatever, right?
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  But if you don't know what's there, how
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  do you make a turn?
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  You don't.
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  You don't make a turn.
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  Because you don't know how to make the
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  turn.
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  You don't know how to make that.
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  But when we become aware of it, we're
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  like, wait a minute.
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  This suddenly makes sense.
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  Because now we're able to put something in
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  our mind and something in life and attach
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  value to it.
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  And when we do that, we grow.
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  We may not think we grow, but I'm
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  here to tell you that you do grow.
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  You grow.
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  Hands down.
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  And they were saying to me, John, I
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  don't get it.
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  Sometimes you don't need to get anything.
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  You just need to be present.
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  And being present's enough to advance you.
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  That can happen with education.
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  That can happen with thoughtful inspiration.
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  You hear people say, you know, I got
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  a hunch.
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  I got a feeling.
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  They don't know where it came from.
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  Suddenly they were hearing it just came upon
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  them.
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  So they decided to now take that step,
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  which is to respond to the inspiration.
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  We have to take those actions.
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  Number 20, guys, focus improves control over the
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  outcomes.
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  When we focus, we improve the outcome.
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  Think about a projector.
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  If the projector is not focused in, we
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  can't see a darn thing on the screen.
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  If it's out of focus, it could be
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  either too blurry.
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  It could be too in, too out.
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  Once we improve focus, wow, I can see.
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  It's a boy and his dog.
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  Before it just looked like a blob of
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  blue and a brown spot on the right.
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  See how focus gives things narrative?
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  Attention determines direction.
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  And the results.
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  So focus is attention.
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  Focus is a very specific type of attention.
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  You can give somebody attention.
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  But focus attention is when you are giving
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  all of your thoughts to that.
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  Number 21, guys.
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  Attention discipline improves results.
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  Controlled focus produces higher performance.
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  We focus more keenly, the better we'll be
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  at executing, which is number 22.
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  Execution becomes smoother with focus.
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  We know how to focus.
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  We know how to execute.
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  Less resistance creates better flow.
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  There, we keep moving forward.
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  Number 23, guys.
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  Mental clarity improves consistency.
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  Stable thinking leads to stable output.
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  But too many people are worrying about what
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  somebody else is saying, that they're not taking
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  time to look at that stable output.
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  Number 24.
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  Focus reduces rework and correction.
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  We don't want to do things 100 times.
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  I hope not.
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  Fewer mistakes improve efficiency.
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  Efficiency.
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  Okay?
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  Efficiency.
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  Number 25, guys.
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  Attention improves workflow.
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  That specific type of focus, right?
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  Attention improves workflow structure.
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  The tasks in our lives will then become
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  easier to manage because now we have a
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  greater awareness of how things come together in
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  our lives.
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  All right?
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  Number 26.
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  Performance improves with awareness.
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  If you just took one day and said,
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  I'm going to be more aware of things,
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  I'm going to tell you something.
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  But it won't change overnight.
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  So performance improves with awareness.
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  And knowing your focus improves the control.
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  That's dynamite.
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  Number 27, guys.
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  Focus strengthens reliability.
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  Stable attention creates repeatable results.
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  Number 28, guys.
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  Output reflects mental state.
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  Your focus level defines your performance.
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  When I say your level, I'm really talking
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  about how much attention you're giving to focus.
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  I just kind of like looking out of
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  your left eye or your right eye and
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  be like, I'm just going to kind of
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  see what I can gander.
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  But I'm not really putting 100% of
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  my thoughts on that.
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  That's important, guys.
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  Because thought, ladies and gentlemen, becomes reality.
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  Thought becomes reality.
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  That's very important to know.
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  That thought becomes reality.
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  And if thought becomes reality, then that means
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  if we keep doing something over and over
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  again, we are going to have a very
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  good outcome.
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  We're going to have a very, very good
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  outcome.
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  But this does not happen overnight.
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  And people get impatient when things don't happen
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  when they expect them to.
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  So they lose focus.
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  They're not attentive to anything.
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  And they're hoping that something's going to change
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  them.
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  But when somebody's already had that apathy, when
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  somebody's had that, well, I don't want to
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  do this, it changes everybody.
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  It changes everybody.
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  It changes everybody.
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  And I think that's a very important thing
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  to definitely understand.
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  To understand what that means and how that
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  works.
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  But it does not happen overnight.
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  And when you think it's going to, you're
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  wrong.
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  You're going to get discouraged.
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  And so that's why attention and focus is
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  a long game.
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  It's not a short game, guys.
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  Number 29, guys, attention determines success rate.
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  When we deploy better focus, it increases our
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  overall achievement level.
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  Number 30, focus is the true foundation of
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  our performance.
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  Everything starts and ends with, what is it,
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  guys?
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  So ladies and gentlemen, I think the message
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  is very clear.
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  And it's very simple.
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  You do not improve performance by doing more.
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  You don't improve performance by doing more.
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  You improve it by focusing better.
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  By not getting distracted.
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  By being aware of your actions, of your
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  surroundings.
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  And adapting to those things.
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  That's the key, guys.
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  But the people that want to just get
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  this to happen overnight are going to be
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  so, so disappointed.
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  And they're going to keep starting back over
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  and over again because they can't go anywhere.
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  I think that's hard for some people to
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  understand.
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  That they can't go anywhere.
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  It's not because they don't want to.
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  No.
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  It's because they're unsure.
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  They're unsure.
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  And if you're unsure of something, the best
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  way to get sure again is to build
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  your confidence.
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  And I got to tell you guys, it's
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  going to be a little bit...
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  How can I say?
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  It's going to be a little bit uncomfortable
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  in the beginning.
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  You have to practice getting comfortable being uncomfortable.
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  That's the key, guys.
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  Practice getting comfortable being uncomfortable.
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  Practice getting comfortable being uncomfortable.
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  Pretty amazing, right?
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  Practice getting comfortable being uncomfortable.
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  So ladies and gentlemen, I am Jon Seymour,
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  a serial entrepreneur.
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  This has been Inspirations for Your Life.
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  I invite you to check out BelieveMeAchieve.com
• 27:42
  for more, of course, of my amazing, inspiring
• 27:45
  creations.
• 27:46
  Short form, long form, articles, reels, and so
• 27:48
  much more.
• 27:49
  I look forward to seeing you on another
• 27:50
  show or another form of my content real
• 27:53
  soon.
• 27:54
  And remember everyone, your focus is the key
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  to your success.
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  Start paying attention to it.
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  Have a good one, everyone.