Focus So You Can Pursue Business Opportunities

Business needs focus. Opportunities require clarity if one is to move rightly. Interference goes against both.

I sometimes feel as if there exists a cosmic choreographer who moves players in the game such that they intersect in ways that just can't be coincidental. Of course, it is all too likely that I'm projecting my all-too-human ability to detect patterns, even where none exist. But by blaming the "choreographer," I somehow have an easier time anticipating and acting accordingly.

Example: This happens often enough for me to detect/project a pattern: I'm about to get on a task and someone right at that very moment - I swear - right at that very moment chooses to ping me with Skype.

There's no way on God's green earth that this person can know that I'm just getting ready to be on-task.

Side note: I'm not willing to entertain the notion that some human agency is monitoring little old me. I don't think our technology has gotten to the point where monitoring 6 billion of us would be feasible, and I see no reason why anyone should want to single me out. So far as I know, there's nothing important enough about me to warrant that. So it's much easier to blame some kind of Cosmic Coincidence Control Center (see John C. Lilly) or randomness; take your pick.

Actually, what's really going on doesn't much matter. The important thing is to recognize the "pattern," whether projected or detected, and then determine a line of action to take.

So - whether random or CCCC, the fact is that when I'm "on task," I can't afford to allow others to interfere with the tasks.

Thus I have to implement a new instant chat policy. If anyone's interested, post a comment and I'll let you see it.

Now, what will I focus on next?

Business Opportunities and the FTC

Business opportunities. Gotta love 'em. But you gotta be careful.

I want to thank my friend Terry Crim for alerting me to the FTC resources about business opportunities. He posted a YouTube video on his blog from the FTC telling people how to avoid being defrauded.

Marketers should also review the video (and the FTC site) to so that they don't run afoul of the FTC.

Related Resources

- The Business Opportunities Report
- Terry Crim's website