I believe the #1 enemy of success is Distraction! People get distracted over the smallest things. People of distraction look for distractions; this is a fact! Distractions are excuses, clear and simple. Some examples:
• Trying to impress people who don’t care about you; DISTRACTION!
• Trying to show people that you have arrived ; DISTRACTION!
• Loving someone who doesn’t feel the same way about you; DISTRACTION!
• Unreliable friends; DISTRACTION!
• Too much time on face book; DISTRACTION!
• Friends who neither respects nor value your time ; DISTRACTION!
• Friends who neither believe nor value your wisdom; DISTRACTION!
• Expecting others to make you feel happy, satisfied, or loved. DISTRACTION!
• Allowing someone to manipulate your mind/emotion,(THE BIGEST ONE) DISTRACTION
Spending your free time doing worthless things you don’t want to do; DISTRACTION
Spending too much time on the internet reading worthless news; DISTRACTION
Letting external influences make your decisions for you; DISTRACTION
Comparing yourself to others (big time worthless pursuit); DISTRACTION
Stressing over things you can’t control or change; DISTRACTION
Getting involved in things that are none of your business; DISTRACTION
Blaming others for your current problems; DISTRACTION
Spending time gossiping with friends; DISTRACTION
Over committing your time, emotional energy, or brain power to trivia matters; DISTRACTION
Spending too much time making unnecessary phone calls; DISTRACTION
It is extremely important to recognize any area where you needlessly expend your time and energy. The physical time and energy wasters are fairly simple to pinpoint, but the issues that creep into our thoughts and feelings can be much more insidious..Anything that represents an energy drain takes a toll. If there are situations beyond our sphere of influence that fit into this category, it is in our best interest to eliminate them. The same applies mentally. If you keep a daily log of your activities for one week, you will quickly see where your time goes. Make two columns, one for task and the other for NON-task. Write down the time you started with a task and the time you completed the task. Compare the hours you spent on task vs. the hours you spent on non-task. Be careful of people you spend your time with because positive people empower people but negative people diminish people.
Proverbs 4:25 Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you.
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