Mastering Focus: Avoid Distractions and Maintain SuccessMastering Focus: Avoid Distractions and Maintain Success
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Nsima Akpan
• 2d
The Moment You Start Fighting Crows
An old eagle sat
quietly on a cliff
while three crows
spent their days
trying to provoke him.
They mocked him.
Circled him.
Demanded his attention.
Yet he never responded.
When a young eagle asked why,
the old bird replied:
"Because the moment
I start fighting crows,
I stop being an eagle."
That lesson applies far beyond nature.
Many professionals lose focus
fighting distractions
that contribute nothing
to their goals:
Arguments
Office politics
Online criticism
Competitor noise
The problem isn't the crow.
The problem is abandoning
your altitude to engage it.
The most successful people
aren't those who win every fight.
They're the ones who know
which fights aren't worth having.
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Nsima Akpan
• 2d
Life is full of distractions. The sooner we switch off from the noises, the better for us.
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Nsima Akpan
• 2d
More than anything else, I value my peace of mind. I move away from anyone and anything that attacks it.
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