8. Remove External Distractions

There is a proper way of using visualization, and it’s by visualizing yourself actually working.

Champion runners use this technique to great effect, usually by working backwards. They imagine themselves winning at first, and then they act out the whole process in reverse, ...

Momentum is like a discipline lubricant‒it helps ease the process of sticking with goals.

This means each and every day, we need to do something to further our goals (yes, even weekends and holidays). I don’t necessarily mean a big task, but rather, any tas...

Internal distractions are one of those problems you can’t really run away from. You need to find ways to prepare your mind for work, and find simple ways to keep it from straying to non-essential thoughts in order to learn how to not get distracted.

There are a few types of...

Focus your attention on what you can do to keep working “mindlessly” at all costs. All this means is that you should focus on the easy parts first.

Eventually, you can come back to the more difficult parts, and hopefully by then it’ll have come to you or you’ll have built u...

If you have 20 tasks you need done every day, how effective do you think your focus ability will be?

• You need to break it down to the essentials if you want to learn how to not get distracted.
• Focus on only doing 2-3 important tasks a day, b...

There are a few focus exercises you can do to improve your overall discipline.

1. The first one is meditation, which is basically the definition of focus in practice. It’s a great method for building focus ability, de-stressing, and giving you greater control over your em...

Most goals will at least take a few weeks to months to accomplish, and knowing that can make it feel like it’ll take too long to do.

This will cause you to do one of two things:

• You become discouraged because the goal is too big.
• You fantasize about what it’ll feel like t...

It’s important to start with a good base for your focus as you learn how to avoid distraction. This means figuring out exactly why you need to focus in the first place.

• Do you have a big presentation at work next week that you need to prepare for?
• Do you have a...

In the morning, before your workday begins, dedicate a few minutes to managing your schedule.

• Have a moment to set your priorities and determine which tasks are truly vital and urgent that day;
• Which are not so urgent but still very important;
• And which...

In order to make sure you get those 2 to 3 tasks done, you need to do them early in order to stay focused on the task without feeling overwhelmed.

It’s tough, but waiting to do them later only invites distraction to take over. Those distractions will inevitably come in the...