Why Does Where You Put Your Focus Matter?

If you focus on what you can’t control, you cede your power.

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Between world news, politics, celebrity gossip, and everything else that the news media and social media tend to share and spread — it’s easy to get caught up in the bullshit.

And I do mean bullshit. I’m not saying it’s not good to have a general idea of what is happening in the world at large — but when that’s your primary focus, you shouldn’t be surprised when it has all your time and attention.

Then — because this is the case — you find you have less control over your life than you desire, and/or you feel like you’ve little to no control.

The primary issue is this — what you focus the most on is what you give your attention to. That means that if you focus on people, places, and/or things outside of yourself, you lose focus on yourself.

That leads to discontent, uncertainty, and the secession of your power and empowerment to the ethers.

And that means that rather than be mindful of and consciously aware of — and able to control — your life experience, you’ll likely find distress, discontent, and uncertainty.

When you focus on your needs, desires, and life happenings — you empower yourself to be more in control of it…