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Focus produces joy. How to create more of it?

April 21, 2021 by Dror Allouche Leave a Comment

Recently, for my son’s 11th birthday, I drew him a picture of “Naruto” one of his favorite manga. I used a tutorial. It took me an hour.

I’m not a cartoonist, I’m not particularly interested in illustrating, but I had a great time doing it.

Focus produces joy. How to create more of it?

Why?

I often write about the power of focus, and most of the time, I see the productivity side of it. Thanks to this experience, I understood it differently. What you are doing to focus might be less important than being focused. And focus produces joy.

When I connect it to my experiences, I see a pattern.

  • When I write, I focus. And I feel good.
  • When I read, I focus. And I feel good.
  • When I learn languages, I focus. And I feel good.
  • At work, when I tackle an essential task and give it my full attention for 90 minutes, I focus. And I feel good.

I tried to do the same with new activities. I was always attracted by chess, but I thought it was too complicated to learn. Recently, I started to learn how to play. Guess what? I enjoy it a lot and get that instant feel-good feeling.
And here again, a different type of focus is at its core. It’s a dynamic one — the result changes according to the moves your opponent makes. But the concept remains the same: focusing brings joy.

All these activities push you to be in the now. They help you to do something and allow your creativity to shine. That’s why you feel good afterwards.

So, choose activities that you enjoy and learn to focus. You’ll get a healthy injection of happiness. Continue to do this with discipline, it’s a recipe for success: consistency and focus.

Enjoy it.

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Book to go further :
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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