You'll be focused by asking this one question

It took me years to see I was overcomplicating focus.

I kept telling myself I wasn't focused.

But I didn't really know why.

Then, I learned how to swallow frogs.

Not actual frogs - unfortunately, I get a bit creeped out by those little green suckers.

Eating that frog, coined by Brian Tracy, means tackling the highest-leverage, most important task first.

I saw that I was procrastinating because I had icky feelings about the stuff worth doing.

I have a book to write...

But I'll do that other thing first.

I'll play Sudoku.

That's fun and low-effort.

Nice.

But still, no book done.

But swallowing the frog means doing the thing you know you need to do.

You know what's worth doing.

It's in your gut.

You will have instant focus when you do the highest priority thing NEXT.

It's just that we try to cheat focus and wonder why we don't have any.

It's the resistance that leads to a lack of focus.

But I found we can make this far easier than it sounds.

Do the most important thing next.

But reconfigure HOW you do it by asking this question of your highest priority task:

What's the easiest first step?

It's the only thing you need to do right now.

(But make sure you apply this to the important tasks)

Go from:

I should work on my book. Blearg.

To:

I will write 300 words towards the book. That's it. It doesn't need to be perfect. Just get the words on paper.

Easy.

Easy leads to momentum, which leads to success.

Stick to this strategy, and you'll have a book.

By the way, I'm highly excited right now.

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Toodles,

Alex