It is easy for people to say, ?I wish that I owned a home-based business.? Any person could say that. Anyone can desire that, but it is only the people who are disciplined enough to actually create a home-based business that have an authentic desire.

So, why do we need to learn about focus? Focus is the difference between spending your time and discipline on wise actions or on unwise ones. Focus can be the difference between wasting your time and being extremely productive with your time.

Focus allows a person to consider every action against the stated objective. You should ask yourself this question at any given moment: Is what I'm doing moving me closer to my desire? If you can answer yes, then ask yourself the second question: Is what I am involved in right now moving me towards my goal quicker than anything else I could be doing?

Focus will keep you from wasting discipline. It is the difference between running in place and actually winning the race. Focus can make a difference in whether you find only partial or complete success. It is the difference between taking the scenic route and traveling the most direct route possible.

This is not a hard concept to understand but it is a very difficult concept to live by. It means that we have to be honest about what we're doing and why we are doing. It means that we have to be diligent to ask the ?focus question? about everything we are doing. It means that we have to be honest about whether or not we have an authentic desire which is evidenced by discipline and control by focus, or just a feel-good desire meant to impress others (or ourselves).

It is important to remember that a true desire is only as real as the amount of discipline that you willingly employ to get that desire. Discipline is the most effective and productive when it has a laser-like focus. Focusing involves the evaluation of every task and effort to see if it takes you one step closer to your desire, at the quickest rate possible.