You shape your future by choosing what you focus on. Most people dwell on worries and negative people instead of deliberately directing attention toward what they actually want. The shift is simple: notice where your attention goes, then redirect it.
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Most of us don't realize that we have a choice about where we focus our vision. And so, to shape your future, there's really 2 foundational keys to it. Number one, what you focus on is what you create. How many of us focus more on worrying about what will go wrong than creating what we want to go right? How many of us focus more often on the people that upset us, the situations we don't want to— what you focus on is what you create. Ask yourself often, what am I focusing on? And if it's what you don't want, shift your focus to what you do want.