Intensity

Take a look at the intensity in this chaps' face, he must really care about where his artillery shells land I guess, to effectively kill his enemy and ensure there's no collateral damage, like any decent artilleryman should. But that face - Sheer determination, and intensity of focus. Good on him!

I built this Sluban artillery piece today (Sluban is a Lego copy that makes military sets because Lego won't do it.) Anyway, when I saw the look on the figures' face it reminded me of intense focus, determination and a strong will to succeed...it reminded me of myself and many others I've come across in my life. Determined, go-getters.

I've been that way in my personal life and certainly in my professional life where the level of focus meant as much to me as it did to others; as a leader of men and women, a lack of focus on my part could go badly for those who were being led and that was never something I was willing to accept. I'll admit to making that face myself too, not all the time though and I had other expressions as well, unlike this laser-focused fellow. Although, I do tend to look like that a lot.

I can't attribute my success solely to one thing be it intense laser focus, learned or natural skill, ownership and discipline or any other thing; it has been a combination of all of them with a good sprinkle, (a lavish sprinkle), of failure as well; I'm ok with that because failure is the first step to success, for the smart people anyway.

I wonder what focus others have had, you for instance; has it been easy to apply or difficult and to what areas of life has it made the greatest impact if any. If you want to comment about that or anything else please join the discussion if you're keen.