One of the most powerful forces in the world is under your complete control, and how you use it determines what happens to you in life. Let me explain what I mean.

If you are a parent, how many times have you told your kids to "Pay attention"? I'll bet you do it all the time, because you know it's important.  But I wonder if you really understand the power of our focused attention?

Perhaps your "to do" list has gotten too long, and you decide that today is the day to clean out that garage or closet. You start early in the day, and before you know it, the work is done. Time seems to have slowed down. What had been nagging at you, denying your ability to ignore it, is suddenly checked off of the "to do" list. Or perhaps you've put off a project at work until the last possible moment, and then you amaze yourself with how much you get done in an incredibly short space of time. I think we've all experienced similar things.

It's not the deadline itself that boosts your productivity and effectiveness. It is the incredible power of your focused attention.

The point I want to make today is that there is absolutely no reason why you can't perform this well all the time. All of us have the potential to be peak performers. Unfortunately, only some of us have learned how to control and focus our attention, to harness our thoughts, beliefs and attitudes and direct them toward what we want, when we want.

You can learn this skill. I teach people how to do it all the time. And once you've learned it, you'll be amazed at how much your life will change for the better.