Are Your Intentions and Attention Blocking Your Success?
November 19, 2009
Are your intention and attention focused on the same thing?
Are you absolutely sure?
Because if they aren’t you won’t be getting the results you desire. And I would venture to say that the results you do get are after some struggle and difficulty that leaves you wondering if it was worth all the effort.
As entrepreneurs we are often balancing on the edge of the sword.
Having the qualities that make you a great entrepreneur can also, on the flip side, become the same reason you fail to reach your goals. What that means is that if you don’t keep a careful eye on yourself, your best strengths will become your worst challenges.
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Here’s an example:
You have a never say die attitude. You’re like George Patton on the battlefield when it comes to your determination and stick-to-it motto. That’s good, right? Entrepreneurs don’t quit and run away.
So you keep barreling ahead, if it takes all night, if it takes all weekend, you’re going to finish the project…
Which is great if your intention and your attention or in alignment and you are focusing all that effort on the proper activity to move you forward.
But how do you know the difference between going through a wall and just banging your head against it? Or as Stephen Covey says, “Putting your ladder of success up against the wrong wall.”
Not giving up and determination can become the blinders and stubborn part of you that prevents you from seeing that you’re going down the wrong road. You are so proud of yourself for not giving up that you fail to realize that it’s difficult or even impossible for you to succeed because you’re doing the wrong thing.
Let’s hope that you come to this realization before you’ve gone so far down the wrong road that you can’t find your way back, or it’s extremely costly in time and money to get back. Unfortunately I see people waking up to this situation all the time.
So let’s break this down.
What is your intention?
Your intention is to complete this process that you’re in and have the result be success.
If you’re like most people, your attention is on the part of completing at all costs and that’s where everything can go terribly wrong. By simply shifting your attention to the other part of the sentence and focusing on the result being success, you’ll open a space to see things differently.
Then when you begin to struggle, instead of bearing down and putting on those blinders, you’ll do the opposite.
Because your attention is now aligned with your intention, you’ll stop, lift your head, look around to see where you are and what’s really going on here. From this new vantage point course correction is much easier, the path becomes clear and success is at hand.
Until next week, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Just comment on this post below.
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Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for almost 30 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, “Empowered Women’s Business Summit“. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get her special report, “What Do You Stand For? A No B.S. Guide to Creating Your Own Personal Manifesto” at http://LynnPierce.com
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