Posts tagged ‘Concentration’

Human beings are achievement oriented.  While there must be time for rest and recreation built into our lives, achievement orientation is what has allowed civilizations to thrive and carry on.   In short, achievement and growth are what have sustained the human population over time.

Douglas Mallock said, “Find your joy in something finished and not a thousand things begun.” This insightful statement speaks to the exclusively human need to actually produce results.  Don’t we all feel a sense of accomplishment and excitement when we see a project through to completion?  Once the project is complete, we may rest for a few hours or a few days and then our orientation for achievement begins to generate new ideas.  Thus, creativity and productivity are enhanced for the next round of ideas and implementation.

Here is a list of Ideas to stimulate personal achievement: Continue reading ‘Do You Have an Achievement Orientation?’ »

The fifth C in the twelve part series on success is Concentration.

Concentration is a unique trait of the most successful people and organizations. The unsuccessful usually have no understanding of the importance of this characteristic. If the ability to concentrate is missing or limited, then you will find people working on mostly low priority items or activities. The outcomes and results are also limited, therefore, high performance is not possible.

What is Concentration? Continue reading ‘Success and Concentration’ »