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Change Something Before Change Beats You To It

Have you noticed that change does not make adjustments “for” you—it makes adjustments “to” you? It makes adjustments “in” you. Change does not respond to you—it demands that you respond to it.

Unexpected changes throws most people off and distracts them from their progress. Just when you figure out how to manage that difficult task, get everything figured out, and start making progress, something gets introduced into the mix that messes up everything. You’ve experienced having all the pieces of the proverbial puzzle together when something comes along and scrambles all the pieces requiring you to start completely over.

Change has one of the loudest voices and is one of the most powerful influences of the current age. It seems to come out of nowhere. Sometimes it presents itself as an enemy to your progress.   There are numerous changes that produce nothing but frustration. Just when you begin to find your flow, something unexpected walks in your life that interrupts your momentum.

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What if you learned the art of discerning what is “about” to change before it actually changes? If you are ever blindsided by change you are already at a disadvantage. It places you in a position where you are reacting to the change that threw you off. It forces you to play from behind.   Here’s 3-ways to get an advantage over change:

1.  Live Alert.

  • Something is about to change. What is it?
  • Don’t wait until you are shocked by change. Begin to ask yourself, “What is most likely to change next year, six months from now, next month?”
  • What is already on shaky ground? What is reaching the end to its useful life?
  • Discern the things in your life that you’re depending on right now that are not sustainable long-term.

2.  Live in Today While Thinking in Tomorrow.

  • Beat Change to the Punch.
  • Change something before change does.
  • If you are active at making changes in your thinking, your preparation, your daily patterns, and your disciplines, when change comes it simply becomes a part of what you’re already doing—changing.

3.  Initiate and institute change into your life-flow.

  • There are too many layers to you for you to remain the same anyway.
  • Each change you make is simply a new reflection of the amazing “you” that you are.
  • Change a pattern of thought. Forgive quickly, release daily, love freely.
  • Change your disciplines. Get up early, do things correctly, refuse to be ordinary.
  • Change your environment. Go where you’re inspired. If it doesn’t inspire, let it expire.

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Focus: The Art of Disconnecting From Distractions

Focus is the art of disconnecting from distractions. A distraction is anything that’s an enemy to your focus. The Apostle Paul understood this when he said, “This one thing I do…” (Philippians 3:13). What is the “one thing” that you’re giving particular attention to in this season? If you can’t answer that question it is not likely that you’re focused.

If you are spreading your energy among too many things you are simply watering down your power. If you garner all of your energy on “one thing,” you are putting the full force of your power in one place. It is the concept behind the laser. The concentration of all the energy in one small place is what results in a generation of so much power.

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Creativity is the gathering of ideas and options—focus is the elimination of options. Once you have determined the most viable option, it’s imperative to eliminate every distraction. When it becomes clear what direction you should take it also becomes obvious what direction you need to avoid. If you have difficulty eliminating distractions, start practicing ignoring them.

Sometimes focus requires disconnecting from a person (or a group of people) if they are a distraction to what you have deemed to be most important. When you become clear about what you’re all about, it becomes clear who you should avoid.

Here are some additional power points on focus:

  • Your focus is predicting your productivity.
  • Your focus defines what you refuse to spend time on.
  • Your focus may offend those who are not privy to how important it is to you.
  • What you focus on is a reflection of what you have chosen to ignore.
  • Focus is a force.

When you can define your focus and eliminate your distractions you can predict your results.

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