Every day, you’re fighting a battle. The enemy? Your own mind. Distractions, doubts, and impulses pull you in every direction.
You want to focus, but you keep getting sucked into nonsense. You know what you need to do, but you don’t do it.
A reader asked me:
“It is becoming difficult to maintain focus, concentration and discipline in terms of learning and studying for exams and for gaining knowledge in general.”
I agree. It’s getting harder to focus.
Everywhere I go, I overhear people talking politics. I was in a coffee shop last Saturday in Amsterdam with my wife.
On the table next to us were three generations of a family—grandmother, mother, and son—drinking coffee. The young guy, who appeared to study in Amsterdam, had his family over for a visit.
We were already sitting when they came in. The first thing they talked about was the latest geopolitical news, which I hadn’t even heard yet.
Before they ordered coffee or talked about the guy’s studies, they talked politics.
This is not uncommon.
A few days after launching my course ‘Ai basics,’ I received an email from a reader:
Would it be possible to get more info on the tools you used for the course creation? (Outline, slides, recording, etc.) and for the landing page creation and promotion? I’ve started working on a course as well, but I’m struggling to choose between so many options, and they all come with pros and cons. I can’t imagine going as fast as you did.
That’s a great question. I’ll get into that in this article.
But first, I want to say: You definitely can go as fast as me. Why not?!
It just requires you to think differently. Think in possibilities!
Let’s start.
If you’re not learning something new, you’re stalling. Period.
I stalled last year. I got comfortable. I stuck to what I knew. And guess what? My energy dropped. My motivation faded. Everything started feeling a little… stale.
It was a familiar feeling.
After graduating from university, I also drifted for a few years, not really pushing myself, just going through the motions.
Then in 2015, I snapped out of it and got serious—writing, publishing, teaching, copywriting, investing. I was all in. Every day, I was developing new skills, improving, sharpening my mind.
But last year?