You get to decide where you put your focus.

You can focus on the negative or you can focus on the positive.

You can focus on what’s wrong or you can focus on what’s right.

You can focus on the mistake or failure or you can focus on the lessons and moving forward.

You can focus on building up or you can focus on tearing down. 

You can focus on the past or you can focus on the present and build for the future.

You can focus on problems or you can focus on solutions. 

You can focus on blaming others or your can focus on taking responsibility.

Where you put your focus will determine how you use your time and energy. Time and energy are limited resources. 

If you focus on the negative you will likely spend your time and energy complaining about entities like the government and big business and other people like your boss, your peers and people on social media who you do not even know. 

If you focus on mistakes and errors you will likely spend your time and energy making excuses and playing the blame game or avoiding risk to avoid errors. 

If you focus on the past you will spend your time and energy replaying the things people said to you, the opportunities and promotions that passed you by and all the unfair things other people did that have resulted in you being where you are at in your life. If you focus on the present you can see opportunities and see the past experiences as guides and building blocks. 

Focusing on the negative and spending time whining, worrying and blaming will eat up your time and drain your energy. You also run the risk of becoming an energy vampire and sucking the life out of those around you. 

“I cannot help believing that the world would be a better and happier place if we’d learn to talk more about what’s right than what’s wrong. We have so much to celebrate.”

Michael R. Parry

If however, you choose to focus on what’s right instead of what is wrong, on solutions instead of problems, on the lessons and opportunities for growth instead of mistakes and failures, on the present instead of the past, and on taking responsibility and inviting accountability instead of playing the blame game you will likely make good use of both your time and energy. 

What’s Important Now? Focus, time and energy, you get to decide how you use them. Choose well. 

Take care.

Brian Willis

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