Focus on WHAT IS WORKING and FORGET about WHAT ISN’T

One of the most valuable tips I’ve ever learned is to focus on what works rather than what doesn’t. This little nugget of gold can be applied to any aspect of your life or business. Success is fostered by positivity and by allocating your time to what works rather than wasting valuable time and energy trying to find the needle-in-a-haystack problem. Why do you think certain businesses are so successful? Because they figure out what is working for them, what is getting them the desired results and they focus on the growth of that. What’s NOT working eventually weeds itself out on its own because there is no focus, thought, or time put into it. Out of sight, out of mind.

Worrying about a problem puts a weight on your mind. Your mind starts running in circles and it goes to a negative, frustrated, place rather than a positive, productive place. Sure, you have to fix problems but there’s a productive way to handle them.

Instead of fretting over ‘why isn’t this working’, ‘what is the problem’, etc., figure out what IS working. Then ask yourself these questions:

Why does it work? What makes it work?
What can I do to make it work even better?
What can I do to expand on this and grow it?
And if there’s just a glaring ‘problem’ that you must focus on, instead of giving it the ‘ol negative thought process, ask yourself:

What would I like it to be?
What is right about it at this point and what isn’t exactly right?
What tweaking would make it work?
Instead of becoming frustrated and overwhelmed about the negativity, focus on the positivity. Positive energy fosters more positivity; likewise, negative energy fosters more negativity.

Oftentimes, worrying about the negatives can take too much time and drain energy, and sometimes even cause you to abandon the project for an extended period of time or even altogether. When you feed yourself positive energy from the “what IS working” factor, you find yourself more motivated to move forward and you do it with a clear mind rather than a cluttered one.

So,

Create a positive atmosphere within your mind.
Get excited about what IS working for you and focus on how to expand on it. It’s much more fun!
Forget about what’s NOT working, it will weed itself right out of the game because it doesn’t have your focus. The positivity will fertilize your business while simultaneously producing its own weed remover.
Einstein didn’t create the lightbulb by frustrating himself over what was wrong, he focused on what was right about it and what would make it work.

photo credit: anieto2k