Unforced Focus is like focus on steroids. It is the most powerful type of focus one can have. It does not require any discipline. It just occurs when we pursue something we are very passionate about. Unforced Focus allows us to learn at an accelerated rate because it enables us to engage in extended periods of attention. New knowledge and new skills are easier to obtain when we are in the flow of Unforced Focus. Unforced Focus is the most intense type of focus you can have. Edison had it, Tesla had it, Einstein had it, Steve Jobs had it, Warren Buffet has it. People with Unforced Focus can work on something with laser beam attention endlessly, stopping only to eat, sleep and relieve themselves. When you are in the presence of Unforced Focus you know it. You are unable to pull yourself away from an activity. The key to turning on Unforced Focus is the pursuit of a big goal, major purpose or life dream. Those who do not pursue goals, a purpose or a dream never experience Unforced Focus. Unforced Focus taps the genius that is inside all of us. But for most, it lays dormant their entire lives. This is why it is so important to pursue goals in life. You toggle on the Unforced Focus switch inside each one of us. The neurons inside the brain fire feverishly when we experience Unforced Focus. Pursue a big goal today. Find your main purpose in life this year. Start acting upon your life dream immediately. You will turn on your Genius Gene and Unforced Focus will enable you to accomplish incredible, super-human feats you never thought possible.

It may sound a little crazy but disgust is often the most powerful catalyst for personal change. I like to think of it as the Dead End emotion. When you reach the point where you are simply disgusted with yourself, your circumstances, your poverty or mediocrity – you’ve reached a dead end. Personal disgust with yourself forces you to change course. It forces you to change your life. But how do you trigger this Dead End emotion? The life script I’ve written about so often, holds the key to releasing this emotion. Creating a script of your ideal future life and comparing it to your current life will trigger this emotion. Reviewing your future life script at the start and end of every week will reinforce your desire to change your life. It will keep the disgust emotion alive; nudging you toward your new life.

You will only be as successful as the people you associate with on a regular basis. The people you allow into your life affect your thoughts, behaviors, thinking and the choices you make. They influence you in ways you probably never realized. The successful people in my study surrounded themselves with other successful people and made a concerted effort to distance themselves from individuals who did not share their success mindset. You need to evaluate who you associate with. Are your current relationships helping you move in the direction of success? Do they motivate and inspire you? Are they positive and uplifting? Do they have big goals they are pursuing? Are they working hard to achieve success in life? Are they pursuing self-education every day? Do they share your vision?

You need to analyze your relationships and decide if they are constructively helping you achieve your goals, dreams and main purpose in life or if they are holding you back. If they are holding you back you should distance yourself from them. They are weeds in your relationship garden.

There’s a vast difference between working hard and working smart. Workaholics alienate family, impair their health and are generally unhappy; thinking about work even when they are not working and not practicing the Rich Habit of living in the moment. Successful people do everything in moderation including work. They look for ways to multiply their productivity; they leverage their time by delegating unimportant, unproductive tasks to others. They work long hours, but only when absolutely necessary and focus their time on projects or tasks that are critical to accomplishing their big goals in life.

Poor people spend their money and save what’s left. Rich people save their money and spend what’s left. One is a poverty philosophy and the other is a wealth philosophy. Wealthy people learn to live off 80% of their net income and save 20%. They pay themselves first, before any bill gets paid. If you are not financially independent it means you have the wrong plan, the wrong philosophy. You need to make a course correction in your life. You need to change your plan and change your philosophy about money.

Every time you engage in a new activity and then practice it, you grow your brain. Every repeated activity requires the creation of a neural pathway. Neural pathways are a series of neurons (brain cells) called into action to communicate with each other. When we repeat new activities, these neurons communicating with each other begin to form a permanent neural pathway, thus growing the size of our brains. It is critical for older people to engage in new activities in order to keep their brains active and prevent shrinkage, which usually accompanies retirement. Those who want to grow their brains should engage in a new activity periodically and repeat it until it becomes a new skill. This can take anywhere from 18 days to 254 days. Each new activity that becomes a skill creates brain mass and keeps our minds active and our brains healthy.

Reading every day for self-education is a necessity for those who want to move forward in life and become successful. Those who do not make a daily habit of reading for self-education miss out on incredible opportunities because of a lack of knowledge. Reading forces you to become open-minded. It changes your thinking at many levels and allows you to expand as an individual. Daily growth, through reading, is a hallmark of the wealthiest, successful people. Since most people do not read every day for self-education, those who do read every day to learn stay far ahead of the competition and are able to see opportunities that are invisible to most everyone else.