What Are You Missing? Focus
A Mandatory Trait
Welcome to the YouTopian Journey. Each week I will be sharing unique wisdom that can help you in the daily battles that we must all fight in the game of life. This week we discuss why focus is the rarest resource and one that is mandatory for success.
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GRABBING AT EVERYTHING BUT HOLDING NOTHING
“The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.”-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
Throughout the history of our species, historians have given definitions to various eras. The bronze age, the dark age, the atomic age.
What will future generations refer our age as?
The information age?
The connected age?
In my opinion, I believe this to be the age of abundance.
It makes perfect sense. Abundance is everywhere. Stream it, swipe it, upload it, download it, consume it or summon it. Everything from bottomless mimosas to endless content is here for the taking.
And if we don’t want it, we can be sure that countless others will.
Never before in human history have we been surrounded by such abundance. We have a plethora of pleasures that are instantaneously available. This has led to countless specialists, super fans, gurus, and self-appointed experts to appear, pitching their wares, promoting their services, and prompting our actions. You see them on your newsfeeds, championing some cause or shilling some product or service. We are pulled in every imaginable direction. The ability to concentrate, to focus on something meaningful, goes out the window in the face of such abundance.
As the individual cannot suffer the idea of being alone nor face the fear of missing out, we begin to grab at everything and anything that may lead us to wealth, happiness, and prestige. If everyone else is doing it, then we must jump in. We cannot miss out on this opportunity. We cannot be left behind. It doesn’t matter if we understand it, or are drawn to it, or even have an opinion, we are going after what is right in front of our face. We are going to vibe with our newfound tribe. We are going to take whatever is there.
And what is there?