# Chapter 164

What exactly is focus? Napoleon Hill considered it to be repetition. He said that most anything could be accomplished with enough repetition of thought. In more recent times, the word focus has become primarily connected with photography and the degree of sharpness with which an object can be seen. More generically we use the word to describe the depth and time our attention can be mentally fixed on an idea, concept or project.

Focus from a leadership point of view is about how much weight, concentration, and attention we lavish on a single point of interest. Weight refers to the significance we place on this focus or point of interest. Concentration refers to the intensity of this focus, and attention is of course the awareness that we gift this point of interest. Combined altogether is what I mean when I use the word focus here in my third year of writing these daily posts. It requires all three to write well and thoughtfully within the timeframe I have allotted for this exercise, and this process has gradually allowed me to progress from writing daily diary thoughts about my days, to using someone else’s idea as the jump-off kernel, to slowly working my way through my own thoughts. Eventually this focus may produce something of value for more people than just me.

Clarity and conciseness are often the best results of focus. This does not happen without some measure of quiet and thought and that is why my Pennsylvania chapters are always so consistently better than my Georgia chapters - quiet and thought are possible here. Focus.