Over time I have learned that if you want it bad enough, you can have it. If you believe in yourself, it can be yours. But this requires an innate ability to focus no matter the distractions, responsibilities, difficulties and moments of discomfort or unfamiliarity. This takes practice. This takes time. Focus has to become as important as the goal. Reaching the goal has to be as important as breathing is to life. A little dramatic? Yes. But hold your breath for more than sixty seconds, and you’ll understand the importance of breathing and find out how important reaching that goal is. In fact, without proper focus it’s impossible to have a clear, concise goal. Mental muscle at its best is consistently focused.

3 Things That I Do To Regain/Remain Focused

• Identify the triggers that enhance focus and repeat as often as possible (similar to physical fitness training) while also identifying the triggers that send your mind racing. As soon as wandering thoughts that don’t contribute to success enter my mind, I immediately visualize my goal, the means for getting there and say out loud, “Focus on what’s in front of you. Stay the path.” If you want it, speak it into existence.
   

   

• Meditation and heavy visualization. Meditation allows you to remove all outside influences, clutter, crap, meaningless negativity…basically anything that can get in the way of a clean stream of consciousness. It’s important for us to separate from the masses, look at ourselves from the outside in with no influence and understand who we truly are and what are strengths and weaknesses entail. The better understanding I have of self, the better I am at operating self, staying focused and completing any task. 
• Master your emotions. This can be easier said than done. Whether it’s getting so emotionally charged that wise decision making comes into question or allowing an adverse situation to affect your drive to complete the task. It’s important to channel that energy constructively and effectively in the direction you are headed. The sooner you do this, the sooner your goal can be reached.