Focus

Changing focus is a magic mind-trick - and the result can be dramatic. Try it: choose any area of life or work and mentally change the goal. Here’s a trivial example. To weed or not to weed the lawn? If my goal is neatness (in business, the equivalent could be efficiency), then absolutely, uproot those noxious weeds. But what if my goal is increasing biodiversity in the garden? Weeds are just plants after all, and many produce pretty flowers that attract bees, butterflies and birds. Now the meadow-flowers get their moment in the sun. What’s your focus-pocus mind trick?

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 1. Buy on Lulu ↗