HOW A PLATE OF RICE Can TEACH YOU HOW TO FOCUS IN LIFE...

I first learnt the power of focus from my mum.

And she did it with just a plate of rice.

You see, I like food a lot but what I like more is meat. So, as a child,

I would go for the meat on top of my food first and then either forget the food or just end up eating very little...

But you see, my mum has this really "weird" belief that eating your meat before eating your food is a bad habit.

So she started watching out for my "bad meat habit".

She would drop the food and then smack my face whenever I go for the meat first.

"Finish your food first". She would growl. "In fact, don't touch that meat until you finish that food".

I tried getting my way with crying and tantrums and it didn't work.

So I got the message and just calmed down to unlearn my favorite bad habit...

So I would eat and eat (with tears running down my face), and force myself to finish the food because if I didn't then no meat for me.

Till today I don't go for the meat in the food till I'm done eating. And when I see people who eat meat first before they start eating, I get disgusted.

So why am I telling you this story? First, because I wanted to tell you the secret of why I grew up to become such a cute young man

- I always finished my food as a child.

*big smile*

And secondly, It's also because I want to show you the power of a meat in your life (pun intended).

You can't focus without a goal (meat). A specific goal.

A Lot of people start up a project or make new year resolutions and then either change it or dump it entirely before they finish.

The reason we do this is is because we don't have a specific goal that fits into the plan for that project.

When you focus on a specific goal, focusing on the task at hand becomes easier...

So...you want to be more hard-working in your office? To focus on been more hard-working in your office then you need to get a goal that will push you on - like say; winning best employee of the year by December.

You want to stop smoking, have a goal that will keep you focused.

Like say, I want to quit smoking by the end of the year so my spouse will kiss me more without hesitating at the thought of my breath (or whatever else that you would like)

Or...I need to put more work into my business so I will save 24 million geez.

That will focused on your work because you have a target.

When goals are specific, focus is easier.

When your goals are not specific, it's harder to be focused....

Well, happy focusing.