FOCUS TO BECOME A BETTER YOU
"Believe in yourself or no one else will."
BY: GORDON CHING
FOCUS YOUR ENERGY
FOCUS YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS AND YOU CAN BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF
FOCUS EVEN MORE AND YOU CAN CUT THROUGH ANYTHING
FINDING YOUR CLARITY OF PURPOSE
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ERVORPTIMISM HARACTER NWAVERINGERENITY
FOCUS was developed out of the 5 key attributes to help people become more effective individuals
F FOR FERVOR “WHAT MAKES YOU COME ALIVE?”
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F: FERVOR
DEFINED: AN INTENSE AND PASSIONATE FEELING.
WHAT COULD YOU WAKE UP EVERYDAY TO?
WHAT IS YOUR “WHY”
What causes that fire in your heart and soul?
That grows your impact and influence in ways that nothing else can?
Passion isn’t just about motivation.
It’s deeper than engagement.
High performers mix
FOCUS with PASSION
TO BELIEVE THAT YOU
CAN.To take risks and push forward
regardless of the odds and obstacles.
Mark Zuckerberg had to pour his heart into his work.
He started Facebook at 19 and is now worth $30 billion at 29.
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive, then go do that. Because what the
world needs is people who have come alive.” - Howard Thurman
O FOR OPTIMISM.“To make progress, we need to be able to imagine alternative realities, and not just any old reality but a better one.”
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THE GREATEST CONFIDENCE BUILDER IS EXPERIENCE
Optimism starts with what may be the most extraordinary of human talents:
time travel- Tali Sharot’s TED talk
OPTIMISM BIAS A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY
OPTIMISM IS NOT ONLY RELATED TO SUCCESS IT LEADS TO SUCCESS IN ALL FIELDS OF SOCIETY—EVEN HEALTH.
The way we expect the world to be changes the way we see it.
HARVARD STUDY: !
HAPPY PEOPLE ARE 31% MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN UNHAPPY PEOPLE
THERE ARE NO LIMITS. ONLY LIMITS YOU SET ON YOURSELF.
LIMITS ONLY EXIST IN YOUR HEAD
"Too many women here and around the world still face ceilings.” !
Those ceilings "make it harder for them to pursue their own God-given potential”
- Hillary Clinton
POSITIVE PEOPLE SEE MORE OPPORTUNITIES
AND OPTIONS
Love Contentment Joy
Find these three attributes in your life to maximize the
opportunistic mind
BEING OPTIMISTIC IS MORE THAN BEING HAPPY
It strategically knocks down your tunnel vision and unlocks the mental barriers that hold back your fullest potential
C FOR CHARACTER
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THE MENTAL AND MORAL QUALITIES DISTINCTIVE TO AN INDIVIDUAL.
CHARACTER:
YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW
If you plant honesty, You will reap trust If you plant goodness, You will reap friends If you plant humility, You will reap greatness
If you plant perseverance, You will reap victory If you plant consideration, You will reap harmony
If you plant hard work, You will reap success If you plant forgiveness, You will reap reconciliation
If you plant openness, You will reap intimacy If you plant patience, You will reap improvements If you plant faith, You will reap miracles !
But If you plant dishonesty, You will reap distrust.
If you plant selfishness, You will reap loneliness If you plant pride, You will reap destruction. If you plant envy, You will reap trouble.
If you plant laziness, You will reap stagnation. If you plant bitterness, You will reap isolation.
If you plant greed, You will reap loss. If you plant gossip, You will reap enemies. If you plant worries, You will reap wrinkles. !!
THE SEEDS YOU NOW SCATTER, WILL MAKE LIFE WORSE OR BETTER.
TIME
WHAT MAKES YOUR CHARACTEREngagement:
Interaction with others
Behaviour: Values and
Morals
Habits: Thoughts and
Actions
People: Your Social Circle
Appearance: What do you
convey?
Skills: What value do you
provide?
Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your life.
- Michael LeBoeuf
WHATEVER YOU MAY BECOMEMaximize all the time you have on this Earth to
become what you are destined for
U FOR UNWAVERINGDo. Or do not. There is no try - Yoda
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UNWAVERINGSteady or resolute; not wavering.
Young people today need to be unwavering in their pursuits in order to achieve the remarkable. Every time life knocks you
down, it is simply telling you to try again. !
Oprah Winfrey:Fired from her first TV gig because she couldn’t sever her emotions from her stories.“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.”
Walt Disney: Fired from local newspaper because he lacked imagination andhad no good ideas.“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
FROM REJECTION TO RESILIENCE
Realize that the world will not end and its not only you
Everything happens for a reason
Understand your brilliance and that they just don’t align with you
Evolve and Try Again
“IF PEOPLE AREN’T LAUGHING AT YOUR DREAMS… THEN THEY AREN’T BIG ENOUGH!”
― GRAYSON MARSHALL
SERENITY the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled.
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KEEP CALM AND CARRY ONNo matter how challenging a C-suite job may be, it is surely
dwarfed by the pressures of the U.S. presidency.
IDENTIFY 5 THINGS THAT CAN MOVE YOU INTO A HAPPY PLACE.
HERE’S MINE!
YouTube library of inspirational videos
My family and loved ones
Stillness and nature
Doing something extraordinary
Motivating and inspiring others
The person with the least happiness when conducting this experiment jumped the highest in happiness
EXPRESSING GRATITUDEmakes you happier than almost anything else
BREATHING IS THE COMMUNICATION TOOL OF
YOUR BODY.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
EXAMPLE YOUTUBE INSPIRATION LIST
FOCUS TO BECOME MORE PURPOSEFUL AND EFFECTIVE IN LIFE
DEMONSTRATE FERVOR IN YOUR PURSUITS
OPTIMISM UNLOCKS NEW OPPORTUNITIES
BUILD YOUR CHARACTER THAT WILL TAKE YOU PLACES,
BE UNWAVERING IN YOUR PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS,
AND FIND SERENITY AND BE COMFORTABLE WITH YOURSELF.
F O C U S
ERVORPTIMISM HARACTER NWAVERINGERENITY
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