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91. How to Control Your Attention | Virtue Building · The Kathie Owen Perspective Podcast

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  The 11th principle of Napoleon Hill's 17 principles of success is controlled attention.
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  And it is week four in our virtue building program.
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  When we choose our major purpose or our definite chief aim, then we select an object for our controlled attention.
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  People say, do not put all your eggs in one basket, but we have to put all our eggs in one basket and concentrate our attention to protect that basket.
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  Controlled attention is the process.
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  Of directing our focus.
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  Toward a desired end.
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  It is an important aid for other success principles suggested by Napoleon hill.
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  And this is week four in our virtue building program.
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  You're more than welcome to join us on this journey.
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  I have a 12 week email that will go out one week at a time and tell you different virtues to build upon.
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  And it's built off of Napoleon Hill's success principles, as well as Benjamin Franklin used to do this every quarter.
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  He would have the different virtues and then he would build upon them at a time.
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  You could find out more information about that kathieowen.com/virtues.
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  You're listening to the stop, the mind screw podcast.
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  I'm your host, Kathie Owen.
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  I have been a certified fitness trainer and certified life coach since 2002.
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  On this channel, we talk about entrepreneurship.
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  Building healthy habits, fitness having a growth mindset.
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  And even some Reality Transurfing and today we're working on our virtue building program, the 12 week program, and we are in week four.
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  But talking about controlled attention.
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  Concentration on a single idea can give us massive success.
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  Tesla motors is a manufacturer of electric cars.
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  By concentrating as energy.
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  Pun intended.
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  On electrical vehicle manufacturing and less than a decade, it has made a fortune for Elon Musk and other stakeholders.
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  Whatever your dream, your goal, your vision controlled attention to your major purpose is extremely important.
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  By focusing on controlled attention, you will condition your mind to attract only desired things.And smartly eliminate distractions.By having control attention you can completely eliminate conflicting emotions like self doubt, envy, greed, jealousy, and hatred.
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  Hence, you will be in a better position to control your attention towards a definite major purpose.
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  Benjamin Franklin is known for his many accomplishments, including his development of a set of virtues that he used to guide his behavior and improve himself.
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  One of the virtues he identified was order, which he defined as letting everything have its own place.
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  This virtue is closely related to the idea of controlled detention, as it requires the ability to focus one's attention on the task at hand, rather than allowing oneself to be distracted by other things.
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  If number one set clear and specific goals.
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  Set SMART goals.
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  To clarify your ideas, focus your efforts and use your time and resources productively and achieve what you want at work.
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  And in life.
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  SMART goals is an acronym for this it's specific.
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  It's measurable.
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  It's attainable, it's realistic.
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  And is time bound.
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  That is a SMART goal.
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  You can also break large tasks into smaller, more manageable chunks.
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  When you break your goals down, it makes you less likely to procrastinate, which means you take action.
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  Action, burned the bridge of procrastination, and this helps build momentum.
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  And piecing out your goals improves your time management.
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  This will make it easier to stay focused on the task at hand and not get overwhelmed.
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  Eliminate distractions.
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  I know that should be obvious for controlled attention.
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  But in today's world of the web, it is a tangled one.
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  Indeed.
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  Try using apps that help you keep disturbances to a minimum close, a necessary tabs on your computer, and even try working in a quiet workspace.
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  Use the Pomodoro technique.
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  This is a time management method that involves breaking your work into short focused intervals.
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  Usually 25 minutes with about a five minute short break in between.
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  This can help you stay focused and even avoid burnout.
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  This technique is helpful in ending procrastination.
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  It will supercharge your Workday routine.
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  You'll be able to dive into deep flow based work and create your ideal distraction, free work environment.
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  I invite you to research Pomodoro technique apps on your smartphone for the best help with this method.
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  This can help you to stay focused and avoid burnout.
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  Remember that.
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  And to me, that is one of the healthy habits that will help you all day long.
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  Take regular breaks.
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  It's important to give your brain a break so that it doesn't get tired and take a short walk stretch, or do something completely different.
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  Especially if you hit a frustration.
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  And you're likely to hit that.
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  And then when you leave and get step away from it, you come back to it and it's fresh.
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  Of course, you know, I'm going to say this, take a walk in nature, and this is a great reset button and a great way to keep that focus on track.
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  For some inspiration.
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  Let me share with you, Charles.
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  Darwin's.
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  Thinking I'm thinking path.
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  And I I've talked about this before.
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  Charles Darwin used to take a walk and he called it his thinking path and he would not focus on anything else.
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  Just taking that walk.
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  And some of his greatest ideas came to him when taking this walk.
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  And.
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  Our brains are meant to focus and our eyes are meant to focus in a forward motion and to look forward.
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  Our posture is meant to look forward and walk forward and taking this break from the computer from the screen of your phone.
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  I leave it all behind.
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  Take a walk in nature.
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  You're likely to come up with fresh and new ideas.
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  So Charles Darwin did this.
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  He would take a daily walk to exercise his mind and his body.
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  He would do it to think and observe.
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  And walking the same route each day from his house through shady woods and back along Hazel hedged lined field.
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  Darwin referred to this as his thinking path.
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  Where will your thinking path be?
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  It will prove to be one of those good habits to get into on a regular basis and help you control your attention like a pro.
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  Self-discipline it is helpful to build a strong sense of self-discipline stick to your goals and persevere through the difficulties that you will face.
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  This will help you develop the habit.
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  Of controlled attention over time.
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  Practice mindfulness.
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  Mindfulness is the state of being present and fully engaged in the current moment.
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  It can be helpful to practice mindfulness, to improve focus and concentration.
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  The basics of mindfulness practice are this number one set aside some time daily.
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  Number two observe the present moment as it is Number three let your judgments roll by Number four return to observing the present moment as it is and number five be kind to your wandering mind.
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  Reward yourself when you implement rewards to yourself when you have completed a task or a period of time focused you will find the motivation to continue the maintained focus.
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  In conclusion remember that building of virtue like controlled attention takes time and practice and you will likely encounter setbacks along the way do not shame yourself just pick it up and be patient with yourself and keep working towards your goal Here are some quotes and inspiration for this week and it's also included in the virtue downloads at kathieowen.com/virtues.
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  i invite you to sign up today link in description and the show notes below All right that's my episode for today i trust that you found it helpful If you know someone who can benefit from this please share it with them and thank you for spending part of your day with me until next time i'll see you next time peace out and Namaste.