Focus

The teacher took his students to a beautiful valley for archery practice. There was lush greenery, beautiful flowers, the reddish hue of a rising sun was enveloping ths sky.

In the middle of all this, he placed the bull's eye.

He then asked each of the student's, "What do you see?"

One student one said, "I see a beautiful valley."

Another said, "I see a lovely stream."

Another said, "I see a beautiful sun."

Another said, "I see beautiful birds and butterfiles."

And finally, it was the turn of Arjuna, the best of warriors. He said, "I see the bull's eye, and nothing but the bull's eye."

Who do you think would have shot the most arrows right on the bull's eye?

In life, we all have lots of distractions. TV, Pubs, video games, movies ... all of which distract you from your goals. While these are good "breaks", they should be just that - breaks. The ability to see absolutely, positively bull's eye and nothing but the bull's eye is rare. It is also the true hallmark of highly successful people.

Do you know what your bull's eye is? If you have never had that focus, start with something that will be your bull's eye for the next 10 minutes. Something you can focus on intently and in a single-pointed fashion. Experience the energy that emanates from such intense focus.

Now expand on that experience. Set goals that you can accomplish over longer periods.

Whenever you feel overwhelmed, think about the Air Traffic Controllers. At any given point in time, they have hundreds of planes clamoring for their attention to land. Out of all of those planes, they choose one plane to land. They then focus intently on that one plane until it lands safely. Focus, and land those planes, one plane at a time. Experience the peace and energy that comes from such a practice. Build on these small victories until you can conquer bigger ones. Success will then be at your doorstep.