Stop relying on this

Ever want to shed a few pounds?

Do you surround yourself with donuts, chocolates, candy corn, and ice cream?

I’m talking on your desk, by your side, and in your lap.

I’m thinking probably not.

Makes it hard to not stuff your face with the very things you’re trying to avoid.

It’s the same way with distractions.

If you know focus is a problem for you…

If you regularly feel scattered and behind…

If the hours pass you by and you have no idea what you got done…

Leaving distractions right in front of you will make it hard to avoid them.

Here’s the problem.

Your mind tells you that because you’re smart, you can see and hear things while keeping your attention.

But the reality is, you can’t.

Not because you’re not smart…but because you’re human.

And humans respond to stimuli.

You pick up the phone, dart your eyes to the notification, scroll to the other tab, pick up the papers, walk to the hallway, or jump onto Amazon…all within five minutes.

So even though you plan your time, you fail to follow through and then wonder why you’re so far behind.

Get out of this self-sabotaging cycle.

Stop relying on willpower.

You already use willpower to stay calm with a client or to curb your snarkiness with your hubby or to stay composed with the insurance nonsense.

Don’t use willpower to avoid your distractions too.

Exercising self-control as a strategy for focus doesn’t work.

Instead, avoid and better yet, eliminate, what gets in your way.

If you want to be more focused set up your day and life with fewer distractions.

There are three main types of distractions:

1. Environmental (your physical space and people around you)
2. Technological (your phone, watch, apps, laptop, dings, email…basically everything you’re connected to)
3. Mental (your constant barrage of thoughts)

Find ways to avoid or eliminate the distractions in your control.

• You might not be able to control your assistant from asking questions, but you can request they hold off until lunch to ask all at once.
• You might not be able to control the 127 emails infiltrating your inbox, but you can close the email tab for an hour, three times a day.
• You might not be able to control the ideas coming to you as you sit to write, but you can create a system to capture them for later.

Successful people don’t use willpower to stay focused.

They intentionally keep distractions away from them. They create systems and boundaries that create barriers from their distractions.

They don’t rely on hoping they won’t react. They take actions into their own hands.

This is how you get what you want – faster and with more ease.

It’s the difference between staying stuck and frustrated or consistently slaying your goals.

It’s the difference between wishing you had more sales, time, presence, money, and creativity – and actually having it.

You’re ready for it. What could you achieve with fewer distractions?

Xo,

Mridu

P.S. Would you LOVE to be more focused but can’t stick to anything you’ve tried? I promise you, no matter what your situation, it is possible. And it’s not hard. Schedule a call with me here and let’s talk it through.