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Want to know how to jumpstart your business, reach your quarterly sales figures, attract more clients, create your next big career opportunity?

Look to Michael Jackson.

By all accounts, Michael Jackson was not only an incredible artist but also a shrewd businessman. When it came to his career, Jackson made several wise choices that will continue to yield income far surpassing what is reported to be a sizeable personal indebtedness.

How did he do it?

The Power of Focus

Michael Jackson understood the power of focus. When he was producing his block-buster album, “Thriller,” his brother Germaine said that Jackson’s intention was to make the biggest selling album of all time. The story goes that he wrote his intention on his bathroom mirror and on cards that he carried wherever he went. First thing in the morning and the last thing in the evening, Jackson focused on creating the best selling album of all time. Every decision was made with that over-all goal in mind and nothing could distract him.

In just over a year, Thriller became—and currently remains—the best selling album in the history of the recording industry.

No doubt, Jackson’s considerable song writing skills, his unique dancing style, and overall creative approach to his work played a huge role in his success.

But Michael Jackson had another tool in his victory arsenal: the ability to focus. From concept to market, Jackson was single mindedly focused on his very specific definition of success. He ate, slept, walked, sang, and wrote with a goal of producing the biggest artistic and commercial recording masterpiece of all time.

Best selling author, Brian Tracy, says that “your ability to focus is the most important success skill you can ever develop.” Apparently, Michael Jackson’s power of focus was off the charts, in more ways than one!

You’ve heard the saying, “Successful people have successful habits?” Do you know that successful people consciously develop the power of focus? They work at it!

As an entrepreneur, executive, or business owner, how do you “work” at developing the power of focus?

Meditation

Begin with meditation.

Meditation is no longer considered a “new age” gimmick. It has found its way into corporate America.

Learn it, do it, and be consistent.

There are many kinds of meditation. You might choose an “active” meditation process which involves creating a mental picture of your heart’s desire and seeing it in your mind’s eye. How long can you “see” it before another thought gets in the way?

Try a “sitting” meditation. Literally quiet your mind by focusing on the sound of your breath, birds singing, water running. How long can you focus on the sound before thoughts come rushing in?

The most important thing is to develop the discipline of consistency. Practice, practice, and practice.

Michael Jackson learned meditation from Deepak Chopra. Most of us don’t have access to such a master; however, hundreds of books have been written on the subject. Check out Wayne Dyer, Jon Kabat-Zinn, or your local meditation center.

And, if you want to read about the power of focus, one of the best books on the subject is, “The Power of Focus,” by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Les Hewitt.

“Success isn’t magic or hocus-pocus. It’s simply learning how to focus.” Michael Jackson did it. You can, too!