There is nothing more powerful than a focused life. It’s kind of like light. Light that is unfocused and diffused has no power. But if you focus it with a magnifying glass, you can use it to start a fire. If you focus light even more, it becomes a laser that can cut through steel and kill cancer.
Your life is like that. The more focused your life is, the more impact it will have and the more success you will have in reaching your goals.
Do you have a goal to fulfill, a dream to reach, or a vision you want to become reality? Once you decide to focus your life, what specifically do you do next? Where do you begin in chasing a big goal?
Step one in fulfilling a dream is to determine your present position. To do that, you need to ask yourself these two important questions: Where am I now? and What do I want to change?
Think of it this way. If I were coming to see you, I’d say, “How do I get there?” and you’d reply, “Where are you now?”
You can’t figure out where you want to go until you know where you already are. You’ve got to know your present position. Along with that, you’ve got to assess your current condition.
Determining our present position is the first step in the journey toward a focused life, towards success in the dreams you have for your life.
Let’s put this into practice:
- Looking back on your life, when have you experienced times of focus? When have you been unfocused? How did you refocus yourself?
- What is a big dream or goal you have for your life? If you don’t have one, start by thinking of something in your life you’d like to change.
- Where are you in terms of this big dream or goal?
Excerpt taken from Daily Hope by Rick Warren.