Day 69
27th September 2011
Concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket...
Andrew Carnegie
What's your longest span of concentration and focus on one single selected task without mind wandering? Great success calls for great efforts and a disciplined mind. By nature, mind is not disciplined and will drift. We have to train the mind to `one pointedness' by deliberate exercise and practice. When we were children, we were able to concentrate on one thing. But as we grew older we lost this important quality, like we forgot diaphragmatic breathing!
Every day set aside one hour to concentrate on the most important task on hand like writing, portfolio management, reading, thinking etc. Switch off your mobile, shut down your television set, tell your people that you are not available. If necessary lock yourself for one hour in a room. Just disappear from the crowd! If you find it difficult to concentrate for one full hour to start with, begin with fifteen minutes and gradually improve. Treat this as a very important self development portfolio exercise, like jogging and workout.
Sincerely do this for a month and notice your self confidence going up, of course also the quality of your work!
N C Sridharan
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