Good morning and welcome to the increase your impact podcast. I'm Justin Sua episode

1,893. This episode is for those of you who are

ruminating on a thought, a memory that you just can't get out of your head.

Maybe you're giving a lot of attention to the past or you're giving a lot of attention to the

future or maybe you're giving a lot of attention to something that's happening in the present

moment that is taking up a little bit too much of your time and your energy. The thought of

the day is to pause to consider if the amount of attention you're giving to something is equivalent

to its importance. Don't let small things derail you from the big picture. This is important because

sometimes we weigh so much time ruminating and fussing over something that really in the big

picture and a big scheme of things does not matter that much or the attention that we're giving

to something is not equivalent to its importance. Now it may be very difficult to realize it in a

moment. We might be tangled up in it in the moment but in order to get out of it sometimes you

need an outside perspective. Sometimes you need someone to balance these ideas off and some

of you trust can look at and say hey that's not that big of a deal in the big scheme of things.

Now it might be hard truth to swallow at first but maybe it'll accelerate the process for you.

So my question to you is this, the thing that is on your mind, the thing that is

taking up a lot of real estate in your mind and a lot of your attention, a lot of your time,

the question asked yourself is, is the time and attention I'm giving to this thing equivalent to

its importance? Is it the main thing? And if the answer is no then that's your signal to

redirect your attention and refocus, let the storm pass and focus on the things that matter most.

We've said it before, the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing and there may be

somebody listening to this who is not focusing on the main thing. You've allowed something

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