--- title: Three Steps to Refocus in Life and Business description: Three Steps to Refocus in Life and Business. StorySelling. Business storytelling. Archetypes. Gibran Nicholas image: https://thestoryseller.com/hubfs/mediocrity-perfectionism.png --- [Get Inspiration, Tips, and Insights to Grow Your Business and Find More Meaning in Your Work!](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRJWV5X7?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420) [ Get the Book! ](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRJWV5X7?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420) [![TheStorySeller](https://thestoryseller.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TheStorySeller.png?width=361&height=85&name=TheStorySeller.png "TheStorySeller")](https://thestoryseller.com/) - [Get the Book](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRJWV5X7?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420) - [Blog & Podcast](https://thestoryseller.com/blog) - [About Gibran Nicholas](https://thestoryseller.com/gibran-nicholas) - [Contact](https://thestoryseller.com/contact-gibran-nicholas) - [Resources](https://thestoryseller.com/blog/three-steps-to-refocus-in-life-and-business#) - [Momentifi Content Marketing Platform](https://homeqb.com) ** [![TheStorySeller](https://thestoryseller.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TheStorySeller.png?width=361&height=85&name=TheStorySeller.png "TheStorySeller")](https://thestoryseller.com/) ** - [Get the Book](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRJWV5X7?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420) - [Blog & Podcast](https://thestoryseller.com/blog) - [About Gibran Nicholas](https://thestoryseller.com/gibran-nicholas) - [Contact](https://thestoryseller.com/contact-gibran-nicholas) - [Resources](https://thestoryseller.com/blog/three-steps-to-refocus-in-life-and-business#) - [Momentifi Content Marketing Platform](https://homeqb.com) [The Storyseller Daily Blog](https://thestoryseller.com/blog/tag/the-storyseller-daily-blog) # Three Steps to Refocus in Life and Business Mar 17, 2023 ![Three Steps to Refocus in Life and Business](https://thestoryseller.com/hubfs/mediocrity-perfectionism.png) Here are three steps I've found incredibly useful when I need to refocus on doing excellent work in life and business: ## #1: Put boundaries on the things that distract you during the workday or during the time you spend with your family. This allows you to be fully present and engaged in your work, or in your relationships with the people that matter most to you. For example, when you’re at work, you can time block a few hours per day without interruption to do your best work. When you’re with your family, you can put your phone away and simply focus on the human-to-human connection of the moment. ## #2: Identify the parts of your job where time stands still for you. Those are the parts of your job that you enjoy the most. Perhaps you can re-arrange your schedule or job description to spend more time doing those things, and less time doing the things that don’t give you joy. ## #3: Remember you’re only human. This means that Mediocrity and Perfectionism will always harass you, but you don’t have to pay attention. It’s your choice whether they win the battle for your heart and mind, or whether you find the Courage to stand up to them. Remember the words of Henry Ford: “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right” Remember the words of Max Ehrmann: “be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.” ** ** ** [** ](mailto:?subject=Three%20Steps%20to%20Refocus%20in%20Life%20and%20Business&body=https://thestoryseller.com/blog/three-steps-to-refocus-in-life-and-business) ![Gibran Nicholas](https://thestoryseller.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Gibran-cropped2.jpg?width=130&height=130&name=Gibran-cropped2.jpg) ##### Gibran Nicholas Gibran Nicholas is the best-selling author of *The StorySeller Adventures*, and the founder and CEO of Momentifi, a financial information and content marketing platform providing daily coaching and expert marketing content to thousands of housing and financial professionals. With more than ten thousand graduates, Gibran’s StorySelling coaching system creates top producers in all industries. He became a millionaire at twenty-five and lost everything two years later, only to regain it all, plus invaluable life lessons, over the next decade. He shares with you many of those lessons in his book, daily emails, blog, and weekly podcast. Gibran’s primary focus is to help you and your team use archetypes and StorySelling to stay inspired, find more meaning in your work, and grow your business. Gibran is a lifelong student of business, politics, religion, and the human experience. He lives in Alpharetta, Georgia, with his wife, Mandy, and their three children. 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