Here’s How To Reprogram Your Brain To Achieve More Focus On Your Goals
“Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.” -Steven Pressfield
You’ve been raised with limitations. The world is inherently full of distractions that are designed by very smart people to keep you focused on unimportant things.
In his landmark book Deep Work, Cal Newport wrote: “Network tools — social media, email, Reddit, etc. — are distracting us from work that requires unbroken concentration, while simultaneously degrading our capacity to remain focused.” The world doesn’t set you up for success or high-level focus — on the contrary, it sets you up for failure.
If you don’t choose to program your brain to focus, you’ll have a hard time achieving your goals. It’s hard to accomplish anything when you can’t sit still without your phone for more than an hour! Right now, much of the culture around you isn’t helping you to be focused. For the most part, it’s helping you stay where you are, which probably isn’t where you want to be.
But you can change this.
You can reprogram your brain to achieve more focus on the things that truly matter — your goals.
In today’s world, entertainment and distraction is the boss. Open-office environments, push notifications…
