The way we win

It may be the voice of toddlers calling, oblivious to your deadline or friends who think they should hold more priority; it may be a pounding headache or the food from that new restaurant which kept you 'to'ing and 'fro'ing to the loo the night before a big presentation.

It may be incessant phone calls when you are trying to get an extra hour's sleep or the enticing piece of chocolate cake your colleague offers you the day you began your diet.

It may be you yourself questioning your goals or that a change of routine is desired or you suddenly hear news that you can't stop thinking about. The fact is, for every set goal, there are things from within and without that work against acheiving it.

Giving these things more than the split seconds of thought they deserve, may result in being side-tracked and we may never get to our desired goal.

What will help at times like that, is to think about people who have won competitions, races and other challenges in the past. How did they do it? They probably had gazzillion legitimate reasons to have given up but they did not, instead they remained focused until they got where they wanted to be.

Focus, the concentration of attention into something, is what gets people to the finish line. It maximises time and shuts out the noises. Keeping in mind the big picture, a clear image of the desired end result inspite of distractions is the way we win.