Yesterday, just after it became evident that Zach Johnson was going to win the 2007 Masters at Augusta National, he was off the 18th green, kissing his wife and 14-weeks-young son. Suddenly, a nearby fan yelled, "Stay focused, Zach!" Dunno whether Zach [who, by the way, finished 32nd in last year's Masters] heard it, but, being an AD/HDer and all, I know it sure caught my attention.Focus is one of the keys to achieving success in anything; e.g., sports, business, health, relationships, financial freedom. Following, is an article by Stuart Lichtman, whom we just featured on Saturday [April 7]. FYI: It's one of the lessons from the groundbreaking e-book, "How to Get Lots of Money for Anything -- Fast!" [http://www.anything-fast.com/?fid=1099], by Stuart Lichtman and Joe Vitale.
The Sure-Fire Focusing Technique That Eases You Into Enjoying Inevitable Success
By Stuart A. Lichtman
Author, "How to Get Lots of Money For Anything -- Fast!"
It's almost criminal, the way we undermine our own desires [without realizing we are doing so]. What do I mean? Look at these everyday examples:
"I want to have more money in the bank!" someone declares. But then, they walk down the street and spend money mindlessly at just about every store they see.
"I want to lose weight!" someone else declares. But then they walk past a bakery and can't help but go inside and eat a delicious chocolate eclair.
"I'm going to save and buy a new car!" someone announces. But then they buy new clothes, new music, new odds and ends -- and wonder why they can't save for that car they said they wanted.
What happened to their goals?
The Universal Problem of Distraction
Distractions can get the best of you -- if you don't know how to make your Target more important than they are!
In this lesson, you are going to learn how to prioritize your Target, so your unconscious stays focused on achieving it. It will no longer become sidetracked by distractions.
You can imagine how powerful this alone will be in your life. [Just think of what it would be like to keep your mind's eye on something you desire, 100% of the time -- until the moment when you achieve what you desired, and it is now yours!]
In fact, once distractions are under control, dieting, saving, and earning money -- or anything else you want to have, do, or be -- almost becomes a snap to do! Why? Because your unconscious won't have a counter-desire working against you. This will become clear as we move ahead.
The Magic of Prioritizing
"Keep your eye on the ball!" Why does a football coach yell that? It's pretty obvious that, if you want to accomplish something, you have to keep focused on it. That's what a football coach means when he says, "Keep your eye on the ball."
Your stated Target is the "ball" in your life. However, the conscious mind has great difficulty keeping its "eye on the ball," so to speak. Researchers have found that almost no one can remain consciously focused on any one thing for more than five seconds without experiencing some mental distraction.
Surprised? You can check that out for yourself. Try this:
1. Close your eyes and imagine a yellow triangle perfectly centered within a red circle.
2. Keep picturing that for as long as you can. At what moment do other ideas, thoughts, emotions, visual images, sounds, or feelings intrude?
If you're normal and completely honest, you probably didn't make it more than three seconds. Insidious, isn't it?
What should you do? The answer is actually pretty simple: Recognize that whatever intrudes into your conscious field of attention comes from your unconscious.
Therefore, the solution lies in getting your UNCONSCIOUS to put a high priority on your Target while your conscious mind continues to do what it normally does [which, as you now see, gets directed by your unconscious mind]. We'll do that using another simple technique that's a lot more powerful than you probably ever realized...
How to KEEP Your Target Prioritized!
So, how do you get your unconscious to stay in line, anyway? The most effective, simple and familiar way of prioritizing a Target is through repetition.
Repetition works by repeatedly sending the same message to your unconscious until the relevant parts of it get the point. That's what took place when you memorized your lines in a school play, a poem to recite in class, or the words to a popular song that you wanted to sing with your friends. Almost certainly, you repeated and repeated the words until you reeled them off easily and rather automatically, once the verbal or musical cue was given.
So, what you can do right now is begin to look at your written Target every day. Just get used to seeing it. The more you read it -- which is repeating it -- the more your unconscious will pay attention to it. That's easy enough, isn't it?
But that's not all you can do.
Here's how to prioritize your easier Targets:
1. Sit down with your Target statement. Put the piece of paper on which you have written your Basic Target in front of you. Choose a time when you won't be disturbed.
2. Imagine and experience what your Target describes, reading it silently. Create a movie in your head.
3. Write your Target statement 100 times. You are going to write your Target statement 100 times by hand instead of reading it -- just like you did in school. [It worked then. It still works now!]
That's easy enough, isn't it?
Of course, what I just showed you taps into only a small portion of the impressive potential strength and power of your mind -- when it's focused. What you just learned, as powerful as it is, is only really a baby step. Nevertheless, it is an effective one.
About Stuart Lichtman
Stuart A. Lichtman is an executive, entrepreneur, researcher, consultant, trainer and coach. He is the developer of the Cybernetic Transposition method, explained in his best-selling book, "How to Get Lots of Money For Anything -- Fast!" He's also creator of the Arintel artificial intelligence data analysis program; president of Partners in Excellence, Inc.; and president of Successful Ventures Publishing Inc., based in Wilmington, Del.
Stuart's formal education includes undergraduate and graduate work at MIT in engineering, psychology and artificial intelligence; masters work in applied psychology; and doctoral work in organizational development and cross-cultural business. He has also conducted extensive research on the unconscious/intuitive bases of success, and the individual and collective operation of the human mind. Stuart has directed or run 100 companies, and trained more than 50,000 people around the world.
About Joe Vitale
Dr. Joe Vitale [AKA "Mr. Fire"] is a spiritual marketer, master copywriter, teacher/cast member of "The Secret," and the author/developer of way too many books and products to mention -- including the bestsellers "Attract A New Car," "The Power of Outrageous Marketing," "Dr. Vitale's Hypnotic Marketing Library," "The Attractor Factor" and "Life's Missing Instruction Manual," plus the forthcoming "Zero Limits" and then "The Key."
For more information about "How to Get Money for Anything -- Fast!" and for Stuart's free mini-course, visit: http://www.anything-fast.com/?fid=1099
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