1 00:00:01,161 --> 00:00:04,761 I read an article that claimed that in the last two decades, our attention 2 00:00:04,761 --> 00:00:09,501 span has dropped to that of a goldfish, just eight and a half seconds. 3 00:00:09,501 --> 00:00:11,271 That's what our attention span is now. 4 00:00:11,661 --> 00:00:15,621 Could that be why we feel so distracted and have a hard time achieving our goals? 5 00:00:16,041 --> 00:00:19,461 In this episode, I'll share a powerful strategy to reach your goals that 6 00:00:19,461 --> 00:00:21,681 don't require superhuman focus. 7 00:00:22,131 --> 00:00:24,111 I'm Amin Ahmed, and welcome to be. 8 00:00:24,111 --> 00:00:24,771 Well, do. 9 00:00:26,931 --> 00:00:30,501 Distraction is something that we all face the invention of smartphones. 10 00:00:30,501 --> 00:00:32,001 Definitely didn't help that out. 11 00:00:32,631 --> 00:00:36,591 Did you note that an average user picks up their phone 1500 times 12 00:00:36,591 --> 00:00:39,531 in a week, 1,500 times in a week? 13 00:00:39,591 --> 00:00:40,941 That's almost unbelievable. 14 00:00:41,531 --> 00:00:45,551 However, it's actually not that surprising as we have so much stimulation around 15 00:00:45,551 --> 00:00:50,291 us, our smartphones being the obvious, but we also have ads on the street, 16 00:00:50,381 --> 00:00:54,431 Amazon packages at the door, kids on summer holidays, and the list goes on. 17 00:00:54,881 --> 00:00:59,561 It's natural to get distracted, but how much is too much, imagine 18 00:00:59,561 --> 00:01:03,221 that you're traveling from, let's say Vancouver to Sydney, Australia. 19 00:01:03,276 --> 00:01:06,546 By a plane, you need to follow a lighthouse or a marker. 20 00:01:06,876 --> 00:01:11,076 The pilot will set the navigation and they'll follow pretty much a straight 21 00:01:11,076 --> 00:01:12,636 path going from one to the other. 22 00:01:13,206 --> 00:01:16,476 Every time there's a little bit of wind the airplane, maybe 23 00:01:16,476 --> 00:01:17,826 veers off track a little bit. 24 00:01:17,856 --> 00:01:19,146 The pilot will course correct. 25 00:01:19,146 --> 00:01:20,616 And get back on track. 26 00:01:21,096 --> 00:01:24,996 And every time you course correct, you learn a little bit about what the wind 27 00:01:24,996 --> 00:01:28,326 speed was that took you off track, and then you adjust and you compensate. 28 00:01:28,806 --> 00:01:32,406 Now, if you keep learning and you keep adjusting, you'll eventually get to your 29 00:01:32,411 --> 00:01:34,296 destination with maybe a little bit of. 30 00:01:35,601 --> 00:01:38,211 Now imagine if you didn't course correct. 31 00:01:38,421 --> 00:01:43,611 And you got off track over and over and over again, eventually you're not 32 00:01:43,611 --> 00:01:45,411 even headed in the right direction. 33 00:01:45,561 --> 00:01:47,031 You're gonna end up somewhere else. 34 00:01:47,031 --> 00:01:50,931 You might end up in who knows India or China instead of Australia. 35 00:01:51,561 --> 00:01:53,001 So how do you fix this? 36 00:01:53,931 --> 00:01:57,591 When ships are sailing in the sea, they often use an actual lighthouse 37 00:01:57,591 --> 00:02:01,551 as a marker to find their final destination and to know where the coast 38 00:02:01,551 --> 00:02:04,221 is, pilots and drivers use onboard GP. 39 00:02:05,286 --> 00:02:09,426 For us business owners, a vision is something that acts 40 00:02:09,426 --> 00:02:11,136 like an internal navigation. 41 00:02:11,526 --> 00:02:15,126 Creating a vivid vision, or sometimes referred to as a perfect 42 00:02:15,126 --> 00:02:17,136 picture in your ideal life. 43 00:02:17,586 --> 00:02:21,936 This will help you course correct when you veer off track, we actually designed 44 00:02:21,936 --> 00:02:23,886 a planner that can help you just do that. 45 00:02:24,586 --> 00:02:28,396 The first thing you do each morning is you write down your ideal life statement. 46 00:02:28,456 --> 00:02:30,166 This becomes like your lighthouse. 47 00:02:30,586 --> 00:02:33,616 Then during the day, if you find yourself getting distracted and you're doing 48 00:02:33,616 --> 00:02:37,026 things that weren't part of your plan or aren't going to help you get to your final 49 00:02:37,026 --> 00:02:41,466 destination, then you mentally make a note of that and you refer back to your ideal 50 00:02:41,466 --> 00:02:43,296 life statement and get back on track. 51 00:02:44,466 --> 00:02:48,006 For example, if your goal is to earn an extra a hundred thousand this year, 52 00:02:48,216 --> 00:02:53,616 and you need an extra 10 clients at $10,000, each if making connections 53 00:02:53,616 --> 00:02:58,116 and sales calls is your strategy to get your goal and you don't make calls 54 00:02:58,116 --> 00:03:01,836 today, you're going to miss your mark and you're not gonna make your goal. 55 00:03:02,721 --> 00:03:06,921 There's a wonderful book about creating your vivid vision by Cameron Harold. 56 00:03:07,341 --> 00:03:10,071 I've linked to the book in the show notes, and I definitely recommend you 57 00:03:10,071 --> 00:03:13,641 read it because it gives you a great framework for creating your vivid. 58 00:03:15,081 --> 00:03:19,071 And as I mentioned, our planner is also another way every single day to 59 00:03:19,071 --> 00:03:22,491 stay on track and to make sure that you're working towards your goal. 60 00:03:22,941 --> 00:03:26,091 If you'd like to get a digital copy of our be well, do well daily 61 00:03:26,091 --> 00:03:31,221 planner head over to be well do well.fm/daily hyphen planner. 62 00:03:31,461 --> 00:03:33,021 The link is also on the show notes. 63 00:03:33,651 --> 00:03:38,931 So just as a recap, having a lighthouse vision, a vivid vision or an ideal 64 00:03:38,931 --> 00:03:42,921 life statement is something that will help you cut through this distraction. 65 00:03:44,001 --> 00:03:47,061 If you find yourself constantly getting distracted might be by your 66 00:03:47,061 --> 00:03:49,851 phone or just by things around you. 67 00:03:50,181 --> 00:03:55,371 I think having a framework, a vision and a planner is going to help you immensely. 68 00:03:56,121 --> 00:03:57,921 I hope this was helpful tomorrow. 69 00:03:57,921 --> 00:03:59,871 We're gonna discuss something really interesting. 70 00:03:59,876 --> 00:04:03,351 And that is the secret to living beyond 100 years old. 71 00:04:03,831 --> 00:04:05,031 I hope you'll join me tomorrow. 72 00:04:05,241 --> 00:04:06,111 Have an awesome day. 73 00:04:06,171 --> 00:04:06,981 And I'll see you then.