“Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfilment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them.” - Jack Canfield

Are you seeing the truth of the above words? Many people are focused on obstacles or the past. Do you notice that they are like hamsters on a spinning wheel - busy, but going nowhere? Getting up-close-and-personal, I boldly ask; where is your focus right now? On the obstacles - ‘the trees’ - worrying so much about hitting the target that you wind up missing it?

We are witnessing more and more how the world around us is changing. How are you changing? How is your enterprise adapting? I acknowledge that we have lost some customers, possibly due to them still trying to sell off the stock they bought over a year ago before Covid. One client that I have known for many years has stopped sending us work without a word being said. A simple phone call or response to an email would have been appreciated, but nothing.

So the question remains, where is your focus? Worrying about the business you have lost, on the way things were, or the lack of communication from someone you have done business with for many years? Any of the foregoing will take a lot of unnecessary energy, which could be better spent on aiming for your target. 

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