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Make This November Different
This month’s challenge: Learn to prioritize, let go, and focus better
What could happen if you chose to design the next month of your life by being more intentional with your time?
If you want to take on this November challenge, here are 5 ways to do it.
#1. Commit to beginning every day with intense focus.
The way you begin the day — any day — will set the tone for whatever you do. You can choose to be reactive, which means you wake up, get your phone, and start checking emails, Twitter, or Instagram. You might watch the news and get caught up in world events, none of which you can control. Or, you might answer calls or respond to text messages that your friends start sending you during breakfast. This month, you can choose to get proactive by training your brain to be focused as soon as you wake up.
How?
Start your day with this question: What is the one thing I am committed to completing today? This technique trains your brain to focus on goals that are important to you right now, and forces you to prioritize one goal you believe to be the most relevant at this moment. Write the question down in big letters on a sheet of paper and hang it on your bedroom or bathroom wall. Read it out…
