The Power of Focus

There is a lot of talk about the dangers of distracted driving these days, but have you ever considered the danger of distracted thinking? We all have sidelines, we all have distractions, we all have temptations. Investing our time in these sideline distractions can weaken the power of the Law of Attraction and inhibit our ability to manifest our truest desire.
Have you ever watched a child playing completely content with a certain toy until it sees another child with a different toy? Children often want whatever they see and may drop one perfectly enjoyable plaything as new play options are discovered. We are a lot like children in this respect. We want so many things that we are not constant or loyal to our greatest desires.

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When Thomas Edison was asked how he achieved so many successes he responded: “It’s very simple. You and I each have eighteen hours a day. You spend those eighteen hours doing a number of unrelated things. I spend it doing just one thing.”
If you want to achieve anything through the Law of Attraction you must learn to focus. Get one specific desire in your mind and in your heart. Let it flow through every aspect of your being. Forget the distractions, temptations and sidelines. Move with full power toward the one thing you want most.
An old military strategy asserted: “Divide and conquer.”  Armies are weak when they are divided. So are individuals. If our time and efforts are divided among too many desires, we will be unable to concentrate and manifest our biggest aspirations as easily as if we focus that concentration on one specific manifestation. Distractions always drive us away from the main purpose of our lives. As Ralph Waldo Emerson stated: “The one prudence in life is concentration; the one evil dissipation.”
A strong desire and a specific purpose imbue the Law of Attraction with greater power.  This is a natural principle. “Where your treasure is,” taught Matthew in the New Testament, “there will your heart be also.” To achieve any positive result through the Law of Attraction, we must have our hearts set on our greatest desire. We will always produce a result. We need to assure ourselves that it is the result we are hoping for by focusing particularly on that one desire.
In The Power of Attraction I wrote: "There is a vast difference between simply thinking and actually directing your thoughts consciously. Thought is creative and will automatically correlate with the object of your thinking and bring it into manifestation."
You’ve probably heard the expression, “jack of all trades,” but remember that a jack of all trades is a master of none. If we are trying to manifest several different things at the same time, we will send our subconscious thoughts scattering in every direction. If we focus all our thoughts and efforts on one desire, our subconscious will seek out that desire with laser-like pinpoint accuracy. The power of wholehearted, one-directional focus can become the most valuable asset in our lives.

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