Concentrate on One Thought at a Time


You cannot have a feeling or emotion without first having experienced a thought. Your thoughts are entirely yours to keep, change, share, or contemplate. The problem is that scattered thoughts can make any task seem more taxing, and it decreases your mental power. The good news is that you have the power to control your thoughts, train your mind to focus on one thought at a time, and let go of unimportant random thoughts.

“The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through.” – Harry A. Overstreet
                               
Moreover, you may have nagging thoughts and/or worries about the future that distract you from giving 100% attention to the task at hand. As a result, they decrease your concentration and make it difficult to focus on one thought/activity at a time. 

To solve this problem, start each day by taking at least 30 minutes to put all these thoughts down on paper (in every area of your life): financial, career, physical, health, family, social, personal, fun, adventure, mental, emotional, spiritual, and ethical. 

For instance, you may have voices in your mind telling you that working on your goal is a waste of time because you simply don’t have what it takes to succeed. Perhaps they're telling you that you will not get the positive results you are expecting, or that your dream will not become a reality because it is taking a long time… and so on.

As you write these thoughts down, don’t worry about making them neat or orderly; just scribble them on paper. Then, affirm that you are setting them aside so you can better focus on the task at hand. Eventually, you’ll train your mind to concentrate on one activity/thought/task at a time and to let go of unimportant random thoughts.

I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about? –Henry Ford

Key Points to Remember

·        Concentrate on one thought at a time, one action at a time, one goal at a time: the more you concentrate, the less time you will have for frustration.

·        Worry never fixes anything. When you do what you can do, God will do what you cannot do.

Stay Motivated & Positive,

Gerard Ndzebir

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