How often do you get distracted while working? How often do you wander off in thoght while you should be focusing on what your doing? Stop. There is enough mediocrity in the world. You gain nothing by being half-assed, and it isn’t any easier than doing your best.
But it is scarier.

Giving 100% of our focus to the task at hand is the only way we can see what we are truly capable of. That scares people, because they think what’s produced is the best they’ll ever be capable of. Which isn’t true. Unless they continue to give just a fraction of their focus to everything.

And how often do we really focus on the moment we’re in? For me, it always seemed like a liability to focus in directly on the moment, sacrificing an opportunity to plan for the future, think out an idea, or just soak up more info. But then I looked at the level of things I was producing, and knew I could do so much more.

Giving complete attention is the only way we can give ourselves completely. And giving all we have in the moment ensures the perfection of the act. There was nothing more to be done. We were there with all we had. There’s no way we can go back and make things better.

Notice how there’s no room for regret in this approach. Only room for growth and progress.

Why is it we’re never taught the process of focus?

For the Taoists and Zen Buddhists, focus is the key to enlightenment. That is all they taught. When you wash dishes, wash dishes, and when you work, work. Rest when it’s time to rest. So simple, and yet it still takes monks years to put this idea into practice when living in monastaries.

But for the rest of us, putting focus in our lives creates an irreversible chain of events. You begin to grow from the odd occasion you near 100% focus, and realise the power within those moments. You get addicted, and search for more. For me, the focus search began with skateboarding.

Skating a half pipe at 30mph+ is the quickest way to learn concentration. Either focus and have your entire body in the right place at the right time, or fall and hurt yourself really badly. This is instant feedback on your concentration level. It’s no wonder so many kids love the sport.

But skateboarding isn’t an approach to making money. So I turned to writing as another focus outlet. And that has provided the biggest rewards in my life, both in understanding, and growing as a human being. Now I have a balance between my work and my play, and the same high concentration levels in both.

So how do you get focused, and start the path of complete focus?

Find something you love. And then commit to doing it every day. It can be anything, doesn’t matter, as long as it’s positive. Surfing, writing, drawing, painting, meditating, yoga, whatever. Find it and do it every day until you get to the point where you loose yourself within it. Then put that focus into your life, peice by peice.

Maybe the easiest part to start is cleaning. When you can clean with the same focus as doing what you love most, you’re on your way towards creating a better world, one with less mediocrity and more excellence. For everyone.

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Ever wished someone did all the hard work and just handed you a business that works, no questions asked, no strings attached?

Well, even if you didn’t it just happened.

Here it is, the free business.

But what is it, and how do you use it?

It’s a complete local homepage website. You get users to set it as their homepage, and every time they make a search and click an ad, you make money through Google’s Adsense program. I’ve included a doorhanger template so you can promote your website to people around your city. You can expect to make a decent income when you have 20 people who set your site as their home page.

Why are you giving this away?

Because it’s the holidays, and “you get what you give”. Also, for every person who does this and makes $100 for their first month through Adsense, I make $100 too. So I get paid only if the business works.

So how do I make this into a website?

1. Get yourself a web host. If you don’t have one, Bluehost is cheap ($6.95 a month), and what I’ll be using to show how to build a site. So sign up, and get your own local domain name. I used NaplesIsHome.com for mine. It helps to pick a local name.

2. Sign up for Google’s Adsense program here:

Google’s adsense program is how the website makes money.

3. Click Adsense for search after you’ve signed up, and get your own code. Copy and paste that code into index.php where it says from the file you downloaded above.

4. Change your logo and the newsfeeds in rss2html.php to point to local news sources. You’ll need an RSS feed from a local news site, or alternately, you can just not use them at all.

5. Upload your changed files to your webhost when you’re done. You can do this by clicking the FTP manager in the Bluehost control panel, and then clicking on UnlimitedFTP. A new window will open, and you’ll connect to your website. Double click the folder name public_html, and then upload your changed files. There should be index.php here, the javascript folder, and the images folder. Index.php must be located inside of the public_html directory.

6. Promote your site to friends. 20 people will create a real nice extra stream of income for you while you sleep.

7. Give some of your profit away to charity! This is such an easy business that it’s not fair to keep everything to your self. Find a decent charity and help them out.

If you get stuck, don’t be afraid to ask. I’m here to help!

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