Focus, is the most important commodity in the modern world. Even though it is the most important commodity, you are giving most of it away for a false sense of reward. Our families and friends are giving up their focus on dopamine hits, they spend hours scrolling through Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, losing their sense of self and becoming a slave to the system.

Photo by Maurício Mascaro from Pexels

If you are reading this during your commute, or in a public place, look around!! Everyone and their pets are glued to their screens, watching shitty sitcoms and overly dramatic news.

Isn’t that wonderful, we will slowly evolve into pods, like the ones in Matrix, lose all sense of self and become human batteries.

Future Human Batteries

Ewww, really disgusting, but it is happening all around us. Maybe not that extreme, but it does have detrimental effects on our mental health. We are losing focus.

Focus as I stated earlier is a commodity and if used properly could change lives.

“If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one”. The ideology behind this statement is that you should only concentrate on one project at a time. There is much more nuance to this ideology, which we can apply to generally improve our lives.

The main takeaway is to not chase rabbits but to breed them, so you have a sustainable business.

Amazing Business Idea

I am kidding, though not a bad business idea :)

The main takeaway from the quote is to concentrate on one particular “thing” at a time.

Can this apply to the modern world?

It “kinda” does. We have so many different tasks to accomplish on any given day, that it is impossible to throw our to-do list in the trash and just have one main project or task. We are forced to take on many different tasks and it is much more enjoyable if we take them on our own accord.

If you want to improve your professional standings, you must spend some time out of your personal life to upskill. You have to do more than one project at any given time.

How many projects should you take on?

The general consensus in the productivity field is to take on any number of projects between 3 to 7. The number is totally subjective and requires experimentation. I land somewhere in between, I usually have 4 to 5 projects at any given time.

How do you allocate time and focus on all your projects? It is impossible to focus on all of them right?

Wrong.

The best example requires us to take a detour through history.

Napoleon Bonaparte is the closest historical figure with comparable daily life. He spent most of his time strategizing, writing letters (analogous to emails), and reforming cities. He was a legendary military strategist and had valiant victories throughout Europe.

Hiding his hands to reduce his power

He was also known for his astounding ability to juggle many projects simultaneously. When asked about this, he claimed he could compartmentalize his brain, focus on projects when needed, and forget about them.

This is our objective as we progress toward this self-improvement journey. We should learn to compartmentalize our brain, to call upon focus whenever we need it, and leverage it to improve ourselves.

Our focus is being shattered by these social media sites and our phones. The only practical step to improving your focus is to put your phone on airplane mode, during the time you work on your projects. Step away from your phone and start building the “thing” you have always wanted to build. Mine was to build a personal website and I am building it right now.

There we go, the secret is simple. Keep focusing on whatever is vital and improve at it.

Hopefully, you are motivated to push yourselves.

Also, I am blogging every day and it would mean the world if you can subscribe (if you are reading on my site) or follow (Medium readers). Appreciate you reading :)

Focus, is the most important commodity in the modern world. Even though it is the most important commodity, you are giving most of it away for a false sense of reward. Our families and friends are giving up their focus on dopamine hits, they spend hours scrolling through Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, losing their sense of self and becoming a slave to the system.

Photo by Maurício Mascaro from Pexels

If you are reading this during your commute, or in a public place, look around!! Everyone and their pets are glued to their screens, watching shitty sitcoms and overly dramatic news.

Isn’t that wonderful, we will slowly evolve into pods, like the ones in Matrix, lose all sense of self and become human batteries.

Future Human Batteries

Ewww, really disgusting, but it is happening all around us. Maybe not that extreme, but it does have detrimental effects on our mental health. We are losing focus.

Focus as I stated earlier is a commodity and if used properly could change lives.

“If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one”. The ideology behind this statement is that you should only concentrate on one project at a time. There is much more nuance to this ideology, which we can apply to generally improve our lives.

The main takeaway is to not chase rabbits but to breed them, so you have a sustainable business.

Amazing Business Idea

I am kidding, though not a bad business idea :)

The main takeaway from the quote is to concentrate on one particular “thing” at a time.

Can this apply to the modern world?

It “kinda” does. We have so many different tasks to accomplish on any given day, that it is impossible to throw our to-do list in the trash and just have one main project or task. We are forced to take on many different tasks and it is much more enjoyable if we take them on our own accord.

If you want to improve your professional standings, you must spend some time out of your personal life to upskill. You have to do more than one project at any given time.

How many projects should you take on?

The general consensus in the productivity field is to take on any number of projects between 3 to 7. The number is totally subjective and requires experimentation. I land somewhere in between, I usually have 4 to 5 projects at any given time.

How do you allocate time and focus on all your projects? It is impossible to focus on all of them right?

Wrong.

The best example requires us to take a detour through history.

Napoleon Bonaparte is the closest historical figure with comparable daily life. He spent most of his time strategizing, writing letters (analogous to emails), and reforming cities. He was a legendary military strategist and had valiant victories throughout Europe.

Hiding his hands to reduce his power

He was also known for his astounding ability to juggle many projects simultaneously. When asked about this, he claimed he could compartmentalize his brain, focus on projects when needed, and forget about them.

This is our objective as we progress toward this self-improvement journey. We should learn to compartmentalize our brain, to call upon focus whenever we need it, and leverage it to improve ourselves.

Our focus is being shattered by these social media sites and our phones. The only practical step to improving your focus is to put your phone on airplane mode, during the time you work on your projects. Step away from your phone and start building the “thing” you have always wanted to build. Mine was to build a personal website and I am building it right now.

There we go, the secret is simple. Keep focusing on whatever is vital and improve at it.

Hopefully, you are motivated to push yourselves.

Also, I am blogging every day and it would mean the world if you can subscribe (if you are reading on my site) or follow (Medium readers). Appreciate you reading :)