{"id":2302,"date":"2010-10-21T15:47:19","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T15:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saeler.com\/?p=2302"},"modified":"2022-10-07T14:03:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T14:03:51","slug":"the-importance-of-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/business\/the-importance-of-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of focus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When the word focus comes to mind, it&#8217;s typically associated with a particular task or action; however focus can be viewed in a broader sense that applies to everything one does. So what exactly is focus?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>the concentration of attention or energy on something<\/li><li>maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system<\/li><li>cause to converge on or toward a central point<\/li><li>a central point or locus of an infection in an organism<\/li><li>a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges<\/li><li>a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In the day to day activities&nbsp;of my occupation I&#8217;m forced by the nature of my work to be focused. Without focusing on the activities at hand a clients website could be knocked off line or an important marketing campaign could fail. I also need to focus on the details of running the business; not allowing outside influences to be distractions. &nbsp;Video games, reading blogs or going shopping can all be useful for stress relief, but in excess they diminish focus causing deadlines to pass and details to be missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Saturday I had an experience that brought the concept back into focus for me (yes a play on words). Saturday is my leg day at the gym and it seems I work a bit harder than on most other days in my 4 day split. Perhaps it&#8217;s the difference in weight or the particular equipment being used. Either way, I was on the leg press doing the last few sets. As I dropped the plate and brought my knees towards my chest, the bar which holds the weight plates bumped into my drink container; it fell over and starting to spill out across the mats. Without thinking, legs now fully extended, I turned to grab the container as liquid continued to pour out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This led to the obvious outcome dictated by physics; 200#s came rushing downward striking my right shin. This momentary lack of focus could have led to a severely damaged leg, but providence the lower weights I was using at the time weren&#8217;t heavy enough to overpower my left leg. I was able to lift the sled up high enough to lock it in place and get out. As I stood up another Gym Rat came running over to see if I was alright. I told her I was fine and that I&#8217;d been distracted by the drink falling over. Her response was something to the effect of &#8220;need to stay focused&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So no matter what part of your life is at the forefront, always stay focused on what you are doing at that particular time, but also stay focused in general. Don&#8217;t let distractions get in the way or you could end up with a broken website or even, as in my case, possibly a broken leg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>The Importance of focus<\/b><br \/>typically associated with a praticular task or action; however focus can be viewed in a broader sense &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/business\/the-importance-of-focus\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rmlink\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":3,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[57,58,79,78],"class_list":{"0":"post-2302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-management","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-focus","10":"tag-quality","11":"tag-time","12":"entry"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/10\/slide-viewer-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/10\/slide-viewer-600x511.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Jack Alltrade","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/business\/author\/jacka11trade\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2302"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10562,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302\/revisions\/10562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}