Power of Focus': Jack Canfield, Mark Victor, Less Hewitt

‘POWER OF FOCUS’
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor, Less Hewitt
Summary
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Arslan Kamran
This book addresses three key challenges generally faced by people especially the
working class. Time pressure, financial pressure and the struggle to maintain a
healthy balance between work and home. Ten (10) focusing strategies were
highlighted;
1. Your Habit will determine your future

A habit is something you do so often that it becomes easy. To develop a successful
habit, there is the need to adopt the “No Exception Policy” which sees the long
term benefits of maintaining a positive habit and gives no room for excuses on why
it will not work. It takes about 21 days or 3-4 weeks to change a habit. If anyone
wants a better life, they need to change their habits. Bad habits can be identified
through feedback from friends or through objective self-reflection. Negative habits
can be changed by studying the habit of successful role models and developing the
habit of changing your habit.
2. Focus; It’s not Hocus-Pocus; It’s all about focus

Learning to focus is critical to success. The most successful people are those who
have identified their area of strength and channeled their energies into such area.
Invest your time in activities that you are brilliant at and leverage on the strength of
others in the other areas – this diversity of abilities is the beauty of working in
teams.
3. See the Big Picture?

This section focuses on how to develop a clear picture of one’s future – goals. It
highlights that goals must be personal, meaningful, specific and measurable,
flexible, challenging and exciting, aligned with one’s value, well balanced,
realistic, contributory and supported. There is a need to make a long list of goals,
prioritize them, review them, break them into categories and be accountable to
mentors and mastermind groups.
4. Creating Optimum Balance
The B-Alert strategy was recommended for creating a balance lifestyle. Make a
Blueprint for the next day the night before, take Action on the most important
activities that will help accomplish your sixty day goal, Keep learning everyday
through all mediums, Exercise for 30 minutes every day, create time to Relax with
family and fun activities, Take time to Think and reflect while taking notes of new
ideas.
5. Building Excellent Relationships

Analyze your past relationship and review the upward spiral [successful
relationships] and the downward spiral (failed relationship)]. Repeat what you did
in the upward spiral relationships and avoid actions that resulted in the failure of
the downward spiral ones. Avoid toxic people that rubbish your great ideas. Only
build relationship with people you like, trust and respect. Be open to feedback, get
appropriate mentors and mastermind group around whom you build your fortress
because greater success in life is derived more from who you know than what you
know.
6. The Confidence Factor
When we have unresolved issues in our lives, there are three possibilities – Playing
the denial game, remaining on the spot or confronting the issue head on. Most
people do the first two because we mostly avoid confrontation and are afraid. To
develop confidence, shun fear, forgive and forget, remind yourself of past
successes, read inspiring biographies and autobiographies, be thankful, leverage on
your fortress, strive to accomplish short term goals and celebrate your weekly
accomplishment. “Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you do it” –
Stan smith
7. Ask for what you want

Asking is the habit of Always Seeking Knowledge. You can only get the needed
referrals, opportunity to renegotiate, business information, endorsement, or
feedback by asking. Asking has to be done with clarity, confidence, consistency,
creativity and sincerity. Most times, there is nothing to lose but a lot to gain by
asking, therefore, ask.
8. Consistent Persistence
Most activities are a matter of choice and not by compulsion. The quality of our
choices, determines the level of consistency of our performance and in turns the
quality of our life. It was emphasized that true integrity is making good choices
consistently, keeping agreement with oneself, persisting through the tough times
and being 100% accountable for your result. Broken agreements often lead to
broken relationships.
9. Taking Decisive Action

Procrastination leads to last minute panic and sometimes opportunities are missed.
People procrastinate because they are bored, over whelmed with backlog of work,
have lost confidence, have low self-worth, are not enjoying their work or are easily
distracted or just lazy. In making any major decision Think, Ask questions, decide
using the double spiral technique, Act. Be mindful of money, power and sex, they
can make or break you.
10. Living on Purpose

Find a solitary place to think through and discover your purpose of existence and
craft a statement of purpose. Ensure that your purpose is aligned to your natural
abilities, be determined and maintain a humble attitude when success comes. A
high inner level of being produces a high level of success on the outside and vice
versa.

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‘POWER OF FOCUS’

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor, Less Hewitt

1. Your Habit will determine your future

2. Focus; It’s not Hocus-Pocus; It’s all about focus

3. See the Big Picture?

5. Building Excellent Relationships

7. Ask for what you want

9. Taking Decisive Action

10. Living on Purpose

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