CHAPTER 1 Defining ‘Real Focus’

HOW DO YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW?

So what is ‘Real Focus’ anyway? Why do you need it and what would it bring to your life? In order to start answering these questions, we need to look at how your life probably feels right now – in other words, what Real Focus definitely isn’t.

Chances are if you feel Real Focus is a problem for you, the following phrases feature heavily in your vocabulary:

  • ‘Life’s just crazy …’
  • ‘There aren’t enough hours in the day …’
  • ‘I’m feeling totally overwhelmed …’
  • ‘Stop, I want to get off!’

One of the key characteristics of lacking focus and feeling overwhelmed is that we can’t see the wood for the trees. This feels slightly different for everybody, but we’d put money on the fact that the ...

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