The last couple of weeks have been pretty darn good. And when I look back on what has been different, it really boils down to a matter of focus.

Focus of mind, for sure. I have been getting up early, exercising and then trying to stay “present” and work on the work. I haven’t been doing very much “surfing for surfing’s sake” and have gotten a ton accomplished. So yes, focus of mind works.

Also, and probably more importantly, I have tried to enhance my focus in regards to purpose. I have spent some time just slowing down so I could think more clearly. I feel like I have spent more quality time with my children than I normally would, because I has consciously tried to put all of the work out of my mind for periods of the day. I have also thought more deeply about business and balance issues. I have been able to identify some paths I want to take and things I want to pursue. Life has still been extremely busy (had a server crash today), but I feel less “hurried and worried” than I have in the past in similar circumstances.

And honestly, I think my resolve to get up earlier has helped with all of this. I have time in the day now (in the morning) to center myself, pray and meditate. Because of this, I feel like I can be a bit more deliberate the rest of the day, no need to rush quite as much as usual. I have already taken care of some very important things by 7am, so the rest is just butter, in a way.

Well, I finally launched a new website I have been wanting to get out there for over a year … HighImpactChanges.com. It’s a site designed around the idea of “30 Day Changes” in our lives. In other words, committing to a behavioral/habitual change for 30 days and seeing if it’s worth continuing with or not (an idea I first discovered over at Steve Pavlina’s site).

It’s fun to push something like this. I am personally excited about the project if it really took off from a growth standpoint. The basic idea of the site is a group of people working on a change together, supporting each other. At the end of the trial period, everybody rates the change as to how much benefit they derived from it. I think it would be great if a year down the road we had a solid database of changes and ratings that pointed the way to the most effective changes you should make in your life.

Now I just need to figure out a way to get other people to know about it, understand how to use it, etc. We are currently working on trying to simplify the site so that anybody would know fairly intuitively how to use it. We also need to find a way to get some people talking about it. Maybe an inspiring YouTube Video? I’ve tried emailing a couple of bloggers, they say they like the site and idea, but haven’t talked about it. My guess is that they want the site to “age” a bit more before talking about it? Or maybe they are just being nice? I don’t want nice, I want honesty, that way I could figure out ways to make it better.