Les - Hewitt-Beat The Recession

Special Report:
30 minutes that can

change your life!
HOW TO CONQUER
THE RECESSION:
Breakthrough business strategies
for creating long term prosperity
and peace of mind.
by Les Hewitt
bestselling author, The Power of Focus
Foreword by Jack Canfield

Co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul®
Author, The Success Principles™
IMPORTANT!
In order to provide the greatest value to you, this Report was designed to be read cover
to cover. It will take you about 30 minutes.
This will ensure you understand all of the subtle and practical aspects of How to Conquer
the Recession. In addition, the practical strategies I’ve shared will be captured in their
proper context.
NOTE to people in a hurry:

If you are someone with a driver type personality—go-go-go all the time, no time to
stop—you may wish to use the Contents Menu below to peruse some of the specific
elements of this Report. However, you’ll definitely miss out on the overall impact.
30 minutes is all you need to get the full value.
What if the most important business boosting idea for you is embedded in this Report
and you miss it?
Good business decisions are based on the ability to slow down, to reflect and clarify
your options, before making the best choice. Rarely does a great idea take hold when
you’re constantly on the run!
CONTENTS
Foreword by Jack Canfield 3
About the Author 6
Here’s what you will learn in this Recession-busting Report:
• Are you Recession Proof? Use The Success Checklist to score yourself 10
on 10 major success factors.
• What creates a Time Pressure Spiral for business people and how to get 14
out of it?
• The #1 Reason you are not enjoying the level of success you deserve 16
and the three main causes behind it.
• The Power of Focus clearly defined. 17
• The Mouse and the Maze—Feeling stuck? This is the way out. 18
• Discover your Current Level of Focus—prepare to be shocked! 26
• 10 Major Flaws that will Destroy your Ability to Focus and 28
the straightforward strategies to eliminate them.
• Why some people become Superstars—3 big reasons that will 37
separate you from the also-rans.
• The Movie Manifesto: your life is like a movie—will it turn out to be 42
a “Best Picture”?
• The Complete Focusing System: a unique 3 step process to help you 45
conquer any recession and achieve your most important goals, every year.
• Are you ready for a Unique Opportunity? 55
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A personal note from Jack Canfield
Co-creator, Chicken Soup for the Soul® series,
Author, The Success Principles™
Teacher of, The Secret
There is a way to beat the recession!

Let me be really clear about this—I’m talking about you making more money
consistently, year after year, drastically reducing your stress levels and having a lot
more time to enjoy with your family and friends.
In other words, being able to hit your business, personal and financial targets with
confidence and certainty every year, instead of endlessly spinning your wheels, not
being able to make that leap that sets you free. Sound impossible? Not at all.
However, this is not a “get-rich-quick” scheme. Let me be blunt; the truth is, at least
80% of business owners and entrepreneurs struggle to grow their businesses
successfully, even in good times.
Sadly, the vast majority of these men and women who have courageously decided to
make their own way in the world will continue to struggle instead of enjoying the fruits
of their labour. During this recession many will be forced to quit, ending up in unfulfilling
jobs, resentful that they never “made it”. Even worse, a lot of people won’t be able to
find employment.
Here’s the good news:

Les Hewitt is about to uncover something in this groundbreaking report that will
really shake up your thinking. More important, what you are about to read in the
following pages will give you a rock solid foundation for creating the lifestyle you
really want—and actually living it. It’s brilliant! Don’t dwell on the recession; instead,
pour all of your energy into what you want.
Let me tell you a little about Les Hewitt.
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First, he has more than 30 years experience as an entrepreneur in the real world.
He knows what it’s like to create and launch new products, pound the pavement
making sales, wrestle with cash flow, and turn simple ideas into practical, profitable
businesses. And yes, he has successfully conquered a few recessions during
this time.
Les tends to fly under the radar. For years he’s quietly worked with some of the biggest
names in our industry—Jim Rohn, Brian Tracy, Tom Peters, Dan Clark, Zig Ziglar,
Marci Shimoff as well as billionaires Bill Bartmann and Donald Trump. And that’s just
a few. There’s a whole lot more you’d instantly recognize. In the training business, Les
has built a solid reputation as The Focus Coach.
In 1997, when I first came across his work, I was so impressed with what he was
teaching, that I immediately did 2 things:
First, I decided to partner with him on his first book, The Power of Focus. Good
move on my part—it became an international bestseller!
In fact, this book is widely acclaimed as one of the best books ever written on personal
development. I also persuaded my Chicken Soup partner, Mark Victor Hansen, to get
on board with Les as well.
Secondly, I hired Les to spend some one-on-one time with me and my President,
Patty Aubery, to show us how to focus better.
I was aware my life had become too complicated with the explosive growth of
Chicken Soup for the Soul®. Frankly, I felt overwhelmed and was struggling to manage
too many things on my ever growing to-do list. This was making me more and more
ineffective. Patty was having similar challenges, too.
In just one day, Les expertly whittled our lists down to a few top priorities and
then he gave us a unique strategy to deal with all the other “stuff” in our business, to
avoid all the distractions and interruptions that were holding us back. He made it look
so simple. But sometimes when you can’t see the forest for the trees, life can appear
anything but simple!
Is this something you can relate to?

If it is, this report will give you the very same answers that helped me so much. Les
knows all there is to know about focus—he’s earned the title, The Focus Coach.

In the very first section you’ll discover the single most important factor behind
the struggles that most entrepreneurs face and are totally unaware of, because
they’re too busy putting out fires and reacting to all sorts of little “emergencies”
and distractions.
To make sure the current recession doesn’t consume you, it’s absolutely critical that
you know about this. Knowing what to do about it is even more important. So take the
time now, to carefully digest what follows.
It’s my wish that this powerful document will be a lightning rod that inspires you to new
levels of accomplishment. May it also enrich you and the people closest to you in your
business and family circle.
Sincerely,
Jack Canfield

The Focus Coach
• #1 Salesperson in the country for a large international
network marketing company, winning every award in
the business.
• Launched a unique training company that quickly became
the largest of its kind in North America. This company created
and delivered more than 700 seminars and workshops training
thousands of businesspeople from more than 70 industries.
• Creator of the bestselling Power of Focus book series.
His first book, The Power of Focus has sold more than half a
million copies in North America and is available in 21 languages.
There are currently 5 titles.
Les Hewitt He is also the creator of numerous CD programs including the ever
popular, Power of Focus Audio Club.
Founder and CEO,
The Power of Focus
• Recipient of the prestigious Entrepreneurial Leaders
Award from Trinity Western University.
• Founder of The Power of Focus Coaching Program, a
unique focusing system for entrepreneurs and business leaders
who want greater profits, less stress and more time off! This
two year program has delivered this and much more to his
happy clients.
• As Les’ reputation for delivering big results grew,
billionaire Donald Trump selected him to provide Audio
products and web-based coaching for Trump University’s
world-wide audience.
• A dynamic inspirational speaker. Coveted by iconic organizations
such as Wells Fargo, FedEx, Investors Group, The Royal Bank of
Canada and The Million Dollar Round Table.
• Known by his peers as “The Focus Coach”, someone who
can listen to complex problems and create practical solutions, fast.
Motto for success: Focus and Follow Through!
“When it comes to business and life, Les Hewitt has everything it

takes to make you a winner. He’s a superb coach—listen carefully to
what he says and act on it!” —Donald Trump

Let’s begin
with an important commitment
from me to you.
First, thank you for making the decision to investigate this Report. My promise to
you is that you’ll find 3 things here:
1. Honesty and Integrity
You’ll get real down-to-earth information, the best of what I’ve learned in 30 years
as an entrepreneur, warts and all. I’m not about to sully my hard-earned reputation
with a lot of pie-in-the-sky claims and get rich quick offers. You’ve probably been
bombarded with too much of that nonsense already.
2. Compelling Evidence
Compelling evidence to back up what you are about to learn. Anyone can make
big claims, and these days there’s a lot of “advice” out there, much of it from people
with little or no experience. One thing I learned early in my career that was
invaluable: Be very careful who you take advice from. I’ll give you the facts and
bottom-line evidence in the form of indisputable results. In business, results are the
name of the game, not theories and fantasy.
3. Practical Solutions
Instead of teasing you with tantalizing offers and constantly pushing your emotional
hot buttons—I call that manipulation—I’ll share strategies that I personally use and
my clients use, that really work. Test them for yourself. The way I look at it, your time
is valuable so I’d better give you real value in return.
Now that we’ve established some guidelines, let’s get started.
Are you Recession Proof?

Despite the recent economic downturn—and let’s be real about this, there’s been
a huge shift in our world, especially in the Financial markets—some entrepreneurs
are doing great! They are steadily increasing profits, hiring instead of firing, whereas
the vast majority are struggling to pay their bills and letting people go.
Have you ever wondered why?

Embrace the Challenge!
A core strategy for conquering any recession or obstacle that gets in your way, is
maintaining a positive frame of mind.
You have two choices when facing this current recession:

1. Embrace the challenge
2. Bury your head in the sand and hope it all goes away!
I have personally interviewed hundreds of top achievers, most of them wealthy

entrepreneurs, and here’s what I discovered...
To be a champion,
you must have a champion mindset
At all costs, avoid the negative media—this is toxic to your health. The newsmakers
feast on negativity. Have you noticed that positive headlines don’t sell newspapers
and magazines?
I encourage you to embrace the challenge

of this economic downturn. Develop a
bring it on attitude, make it a contest, one
that you are determined to win.
Constantly instill this attitude into the people

on your team. This is the foundation for
turning the recession on its head and creating
innovative solutions that lead to long term
prosperity. Decide to become one of the
many success stories that will undoubtedly arise from the rubble in the next 12 months.
Embracing the challenge also means, make it fun!

I know that’s a stretch for some people, but business should be fun, even in tough
times. It all depends on your perspective. Remember, this recession is just an
event, one of many in your life. It too will pass.

Historically business cycles change; going from boom to bust is nothing new. Many
business people are so “busy” they are not aware that the sands of change are
slowly shifting. When the storm finally arrives they are completely unprepared and
suffer the consequences.
Quick Tip:
That means socking some of
To diminish the effects of the next storm, your profits away into a secure
always build reserves, interest-bearing “rainy day” account.
particularly when times are good. Make this a habit. Spending like
there’s no tomorrow because a
healthy economy looks like it will
last forever, eventually becomes the graveyard for many promising businesses.
Believe me, I know, I’ve been there!
So what about those recession-busting entrepreneurs?

These successful people have plenty of money, enjoy lots of time off and on top of
that, they genuinely love what they do in their business. And they seem to have
figured out a way to be recession proof.
Somehow they have created a unique

lifestyle and are able to sustain it year
after year. Life is truly a wonderful experience
and they’re proof of it.
What about you?

A r e y o u p r a c t i c i n g t h e successful
strategies that these people continually
implement? Let’s find out!
There are more than 3,000,000 millionaires in North America

Which side of the success scale are you on at this very
moment in time?
Use THE SUCCESS CHECKLIST below

to find out if you are recession proof.
Simply check the boxes where you can honestly say, “Yes, that’s me!”
If you want to receive a major breakthrough from this Report

please do this right now.
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I have create a high net worth and enjoy Most of my time at work—80% or
total Financial Freedom. more—is spent doing what I do best.
I take at least 6 weeks vacation every At least 3 times a week I maximize my

year. energy with a good health and fitness
program.
I have great systems in place that keep I have a clear direction and purpose for
my business running smoothly. my work and my life.
I produce excellent cash flow every I generously contribute to my community

month. and other worthy causes.
I have a highly skilled and dedicated I enjoy a healthy work/life balance with
team who expertly manage all the day plenty of time for family and friends,
to day business activities. including time for me.
Well, how did you score? 50% or less, 60%, 80% or more?
Is there room for improvement? Most likely, when you consider less than 10% of the
men and women in business could check all 10 boxes.
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NOTE: If you honestly checked all 10 boxes and didn’t fudge this
little reality check, you don’t need to read any further.
Congratulations and continued success to you!
And if you didn’t knock it out of the park, here’s the really good news.
In the following pages, I’ll show you how you can achieve those high scores too,
using practical strategies that my clients have been implementing for years. These
strategies work, they are life-changing, especially in a turbulent economy. They will
transform your results, your attitude and your bank account.
On top of that you’ll enjoy a tremendous boost in confidence and momentum, plus
your negative stress levels will practically disappear. I don’t make these statements
lightly. They’re based on more than 25 years of direct, face to face coaching with
thousands of entrepreneurs, many of whom have achieved massive results.
If you’re a little skeptical right now—maybe you’ve surrendered to all that doom
and gloom media—here are a few comments from people who have implemented
these strategies:
“My biggest difficulty was balance. Les Hewitt challenged “Thanks to Les Hewitt, I am happier, more relaxed and
me to make changes. Last year I took 3 months off and our well balanced. My income has increased 80% and I have
total sales increased by 52%.” received top performance awards for the second year in a
—Phyllis Arnold row. I now focus more precisely on my most important
President tasks and complete them efficiently. The weekly connection
Arnold Publishing Ltd. with my focusing partner is an indispensable part of my
planning and achievements.”
—Nigel Grace
Regional Manager
Human Factors International
“In the first year alone I’ve achieved half of my long
term goals. Investing in Les Hewitt was the best money I
ever spent. Thanks Les!”
— —Dr. Michael C. Paterson
BSc.PhD. DClinPsych.CPsychol.AFBPsS.
Chartered Clinical Psychologist
“Les’ program has changed the person I am and the
life I am living. The program has empowered me with the
help of countless tools to set and achieve goals, enhance
relationships and realize outstanding business successes.”
“It took a year of focused effort, but I reduced my —Lesley Conway
work week from 80 hours to 45. In the process our company President
had the most profitable year ever.” Hopewell Residential Communities
—Andrew Hunter
CEO
H & H Wireless
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Like any good coach, I’m only interested in results and helping you create
the lifestyle you really want to live. I genuinely mean that.
To see what’s possible, look at my own situation.
Me, a bestselling author—

are you kidding?!!!
If someone had told me 20 years ago— you’ll be the owner of a great business,
you’ll be speaking to sophisticated business leaders around the world with
thousands of people in the audience, you’ll have the privilege of coaching ambitious
entrepreneurs and helping them fulfill their dreams, and you’ll be an author with
international bestselling books to your name —I’d have said, “You’re nuts!”
Why? Well, I was brought up in the backstreets of Belfast, Northern Ireland in the
middle of The Troubles—it was a war zone. I drifted out of high school, never went
to university, and ended up in a dead end 9-5 job that I stayed stuck in for 14 years.
I wasn’t making much money and I was totally frustrated at my lack of success
because people around me were doing a lot better than I was. I also had a wife and
two young children to support and on top of that the next two career moves I
made—both companies I worked for went broke! And after starting my own
business, my back’s been to the wall more than once, battling previous recessions.
I’m not telling you this to evoke your sympathy, I’m telling you this because no matter
how stuck or worried you may feel right now or frustrated at your lack of success
despite all your hard work, you can turn it around, you really can. What changed
for me was that I learned how to focus on what was important—to set new goals
and pursue them with enthusiasm and distance myself from negativity. I’ll show you
the specific strategies I used to make this happen.
Here’s an important first step that really propelled me on the road to success.
I credit my old mentor, Jim Rohn for this. He said:
“For things to change,

you’ve got to change,
otherwise nothing much will change.”
—Jim Rohn
I had to accept the fact if I wanted my life to be different, I had to change. Not the
economy, the banks, or the government—me!!! Once I did that, everything changed
for me. And it can for you, too.

If I sound a little excited about this, it’s because I am! The biggest thrill I get from
my work is seeing my clients have “light bulb” moments, bolts of new awareness
that shocks them into making the changes they know in their hearts they need to
make. Then they become open to better strategies that totally expand their business,
their profits, and their most important relationships.
In the rest of this Report there are numerous

opportunities for you to experience
light bulb moments.
So stay tuned!
You may be worried financially and genuinely concerned about the dark recession
cloud that’s swirling around you. Or maybe it’s the fact that you’re putting in crazy
hours every week and not getting ahead. Obviously something has to change.
Accept it! And what if all this pressure is creating stress in your family life? If nothing
changes, the tension will only get worse and you know where that can lead.
Have you ever felt like this?

Stop the world, I want to get off!
—THE TIME PRESSURE SPIRAL and
how to get out of it.
In the last year especially, the number one refrain I’ve been hearing from hard
working entrepreneurs is this: “The biggest problem I have right now is time
pressure—I just feel overwhelmed, exhausted—there’s always more to do
and it never stops.”
Let’s run down the list of things that constantly suck your time away like some giant
vacuum cleaner. Make a mental note of the ones that you relate to. I call it
The Time Pressure Spiral.

If this isn’t challenging enough, factor in the financial volcano that erupted in
America recently (October /08) and you can see why the high pressure valve for
many people has lurched into the danger zone, causing all sorts of panic.
Let’s face it; if you’re expending all your energy trying to build a successful
business, which is a noble cause in itself, you probably aren’t an expert in the Stock
Market, nor do you have the time to see trends developing that could be devastating.
All of this just adds to the pressure. No wonder more and more people are saying,
“I just can’t take it anymore!”
As an appetizer to more in-depth solutions you’ll find later in

this Report, here are a few strategies to help you. It’s called...
THE PRIORITY FOCUS SOLUTION
* More on this
later
Select whatever appeals to

you and use it right away.
They all work!

But here’s the shocker and the main reason I’m writing this Report—to alert you to
something far more fundamental that is destroying your ability to achieve the
success in life you deserve and want.
Your core problem isn’t the fact that you’re struggling with a massive to-do
list, getting pulled in all directions, putting out fires every week, and reacting
to other people’s so-called emergencies. And believe it or not, it’s not the
current recession either.
Unlike other “reports” I’m not going to drag this out for six more pages until you’re
salivating to know what the big secret is—that’s an old technique to wind you up—
I’ll tell you right now…
The #1 Reason you are not enjoying the

level of success you deserve is simply this,
A LACK OF FOCUS
And in case you’re thinking, “Is that it?—there must be more to it than that.” If it’s
any comfort, that’s a pretty common response. But in the balance of this Report
I’m going to share with you compelling evidence that this is the root cause of all your
struggles. And as I promised, I’ll give you a bunch of practical strategies you can
start using right away that will start turning everything around for you. I’ll also outline
a Complete Focusing System that will ensure you stay on track consistently, so you
don’t keep hitting those time pressure barriers that are knocking you sideways. Also
make a note here:
The more you focus on the recession, the more you create the recession.
So if a Lack of Focus is the #1 reason entrepreneurs continue to struggle, let’s be

absolutely clear what Focus really is. When I was writing my first book, The Power
of Focus, I conducted more than 3 years of intensive research into this subject. I
quizzed hundreds of entrepreneurs, observed the performance of my own clients
in my 2 year Coaching Program—a no-nonsense approach to hitting their most
important goals—plus, I interviewed dozens of top achievers, multi-millionaires at
the top of their game who consistently hit home runs in their business and had built
total Financial Freedom for themselves and their families.
On top of that I reviewed almost 20 years of notes from mentors, industry peers and
hundreds of workshops I’d attended on personal and professional development.
To put it mildly, this is a substantial body of work and there were many sixteen hour
days spent sifting through and distilling all of this material.

So what is The Power of Focus?
Simply put, it’s your ability to create an exciting
vision of the life you really want to live. Then to
establish crystal-clear goals that ensure you
actually get to live this vision, avoiding all the
distractions and interruptions that are sure to
come your way, by focusing like a laser beam
until you hit your specific targets.
That’s the Power of Focus

and it will change your life dramatically!
Let me break this down into 3 concise phrases so you can burn this into your brain.
The essence of FOCUS is:
1. Create a “Best Picture” Vision (more on this definition later)
2. Clarify your Top Priority Goals
3. Focus and Follow Through until you hit your targets
That looks pretty straightforward, right? In fact you might already be proficient in
completing at least one of these steps. Well if this is straightforward and logical—
and it is—how come legions of business owners, entrepreneurs just like you, are
in a constant battle to keep their heads above water, never mind aspiring to live an
exciting vision for their life?
Don’t you think they want to enjoy Financial Freedom? To have smooth running
systems and a passionate support team that ensures they can take plenty of time
off, knowing that their business will continue to make money and provide a valuable
service to their happy customers? And if they feel like it, somewhere down the road
sell the company for a lucrative sum that guarantees money will never be a problem—
ever! Of course they do!
Isn’t that what you want, too?

For decades, all sorts of trainers, motivational speakers, gurus and business
coaches, myself included, have been hammering this one strategy. To succeed, all
you need to do is focus on what you want. I discovered that’s only partially true. We
haven’t unearthed the real culprit that’s lurking behind the scenes, the one that
constantly holds us hostage, week in and week out.
It’s the Lack of Focus...

that needs to be brought to your attention,
front and centre. That’s where the spotlight
needs to shine, so you can examine this
dream stealer from every angle and understand with certainty that
this is the #1 reason you’re not enjoying the fruits of your labour.
So let’s dig deeper and figure out how to conquer this

once and for all.
First, here’s an important analogy to strengthen your awareness.
The Mouse and the Maze

Have you ever wandered into a maze?
These are very popular in England where the walls are meticulously
manicured hedges that are eight or nine feet tall, so you can’t
see over them. Most of the interlocking paths lead to dead
ends, requiring you to retrace your steps to see if you can find
a way out. Typically there is one entrance and one exit, each
placed at opposite ends of the maze.
The objective is to see how fast you can get through it. Some
people spend hours in the maze and some become so panicked they end up
screaming for help because they can’t find the way out!

Researchers have placed mice in a much smaller maze and observed their behavior.
At first, the mouse would fare no better than most humans—it would end up getting
stuck in the maze and would finally give up, just sitting there motionless.
Then the researchers placed a piece of

cheese at the exit.
The smell of the cheese motivated the mouse and it was
able to figure out how to get to the cheese with minimal detours.
Even more interesting, when a larger piece of cheese was
placed at the exit, the mouse was able to find it faster!
The mouse and the maze is a wonderful analogy that many entrepreneurs need to
learn from. Have you ever felt you were running around in circles in your business?
Maybe you have some goals, you think you know what you want, but you keep getting
distracted and interrupted. This is the equivalent of running into those dead ends
in the maze. You don’t seem to be getting ahead, you can’t find a way forward and
working harder doesn’t seem to help. It’s frustrating!
Why is this happening?
For most people the scent of the “cheese” isn’t strong enough. In other words your
“Best Picture” Vision isn’t exciting enough. It isn’t crystal clear, and consequently
you allow yourself to be pulled off course. Undoubtedly, “recessionitis” can play a
significant role too. However, it’s our own lack of self-management and self-discipline
that is the major contributor to our lack of focus.
And if your desire isn’t strong enough—you are not compelled to do whatever it
takes to reach your “cheese”— then you’ll stay stuck in the maze.
So what’s the answer?
The answer is: Get Creative

Think beyond the limits of conventional wisdom. Surrender to a negative economy?
Absolutely not!!
Instead, as I said earlier, embrace the challenge. Remember, you need to have
a champion mindset in order to achieve champion results.

Find a bigger chunk of cheese, a powerful new vision that
gets your adrenalin pumping and will continually pull you towards
the prize, whatever it is. In other words, the clearer your
vision is, the easier it is to get there. Use this as a powerful
motivator to sidestep the recession—refuse to participate!
Innovative thinking is one of the best ways to conquer any recession.

Conventional wisdom says withdraw, crawl into a corner and hope
the recession passes.
Winners create innovative solutions instead.
That’s why they win BIG!
The reality is, in business you’re guaranteed to hit walls and obstacles. Whether or
not you endure through those hard times depends a lot on how much you want the
reward at the end of the maze. When you have really big reasons to succeed,
and those reasons are in synch with your passion, your natural skills and
your purpose in life—then you have a much greater likelihood of enjoying
the big rewards.
If you don’t have anything significant to shoot for...

something that gets you excited and energized, like most
people, you’ll eventually quit. Just like the mouse with no
cheese. If someone didn’t rescue it, the poor mouse would
eventually expire. I hope you don’t expire!
Only when you identify what you really want and create a
crystal-clear picture of it, will you have the gusto to persist
through the maze of life. You’ll also blast through any downturns
in the economy because your reasons to succeed are much
stronger than a temporary recession.

Now let me alert you
to a major trend that is gradually and pervasively suffocating
the life out of entrepreneurs. It’s one of the major reasons
that your ability to focus is being destroyed.
On-line business expert Rich Schefren—who in my humble opinion is the real
deal—conducted massive research on this during the past few years. In a nutshell,
here’s what he found. There are 3 major interventions, each one compounding the
other, that are stifling the ability of business people to enjoy the freedom and
lifestyle they dream about.
They are:
• The Information Explosion
• The Interruption Factor
• The Attention Deficit
Literally, your pipeline for creating big profits and an enviable net worth is literally
being sabotaged, choked off at the source. And the main source I’m referring to
here is you! More than likely, this also includes the people on your team, too.
The 1st Lack of Focus Creator is:

The Information Explosion
Well, you probably know all about this. Just look at your personal mail. More than
80% of what’s delivered to us these days is junk mail—all sorts of offers, promotions,
flyers, free coupons, low interest credit cards—you name it, it’s being stuffed into
your mail box. I don’t know about you, but the first thing I do is dump it in the
garbage can. So much for getting my attention!
Then there’s the Internet, which is wonderful as a resource. The world’s greatest
encyclopedia at your fingertips—it’s powerful when used to assist your business.

But it can also be a great distraction. Have you found yourself checking out other
links and news items because they’re interesting and then you suddenly realize
you’ve been reading that stuff for two hours? I get caught too.
Then there’s the big one—emailitis. This is such a two edged sword. On one hand
it can be an excellent communication tool. Fast, easy to use, with global capacity.
However, it’s the other aspect that’s driving people crazy—email bombardment!
Recently one of my clients took a well-deserved vacation with his family and when
he returned there were 3,000 emails patiently waiting for his response. Three
thousand! No wonder people are stressed out.
And have you noticed how impatient people are these days. “Didn’t you get the
email I sent you five minutes ago?” I could go on and on. But you get the picture,
don’t you?
The truth is we are constantly being bombarded with far too much information.
13.5 million days of work are lost per year

due to work related depression, stress and anxiety.
How do you think this affects your ability to focus? Big time! The good news is you
can develop excellent focusing skills.
In a few minutes I’ll show you how to calculate your current level of focus—that’s
your ability to focus on your Top Priorities—and how to improve it. This little exercise
is the catalyst that’s created major breakthroughs for many of my entrepreneurial
clients. Be prepared for an eye-opening experience.

The 2nd Lack of Focus Creator is:
The Interruption Factor
“Interruptions are the killers of progress.”

—Kirk Heiner
I’m sure you realize that the number of times your work is interrupted on an average
day has a direct impact on the results you produce every week. And if your role at
work directly influences the bottom line in your business, guess what? Every
time-wasting interruption is costing you money. Add this up once a month, then
every quarter, and an entire year. A whole year of interruptions is costing you a
small fortune!
Don’t worry, I’ll show you how to fix this shortly. Right now I want to make it crystal
clear that your core problem is a Lack of Focus. It’s not the economy, it’s not your
customers, it’s not your education, it’s not your systems, and it’s definitely not your
work ethic. In my ongoing research I’ve found four major causes of interruption:
a) people
—the people who walk in unannounced, who
phone you, who want you in meetings, who want
your most important asset, your time!
b) paperwork
—the number of offices I walk into where the
poor entrepreneur is buried under a stack of
paperwork, is incredible. Often, you can’t even
see their desk—it’s like a bomb went off in a
mailroom! Say no more.

c) technology —yes, it’s great, but did you know more and more people are
now addicted to their PDAs,
Blackberrys, and cell phones.
Quick Tip:
TURN IT OFF AFTER 6:00PM.
Give your family a break!
d) it’s You!
—How often do you interrupt yourself in an

average day? Entrepreneurs by nature are very
creative individuals. I’m sure you get lots of neat
ideas, most of which are taking you away from the things that will make
you highly successful.
For years I suffered with this, going off on tangents here there and everywhere,
chasing bright shiny objects that severely damaged my cash flow and
diluted my ability to focus.
You don’t need 50 ideas to be successful. Mastering one or two good ones
will bring you everything you want—fulfilling work, prosperity and a unique
lifestyle to savor with your family and friends.
Every serious entrepreneur I know puts in an amazing amount of hours trying to

make their business grow. You probably do the same. The frustration is, all these
distractions and interruptions make it impossible to achieve your personal and
financial goals.
As a result our frustration levels go off the chart, which leads to more anxiety. The
ugly part is when resentment sets in and a “Me against the world” mentality takes
over. Imagine where that downward spiral can lead you.

The 3rd Lack of Focus Creator is:
The Attention Deficit
In an average work day we are interrupted 7-8 times per hour.
That’s about 55 interruptions per day. Each disturbance lasts an
average of 5 minutes, for a total of 250 minutes. That’s almost 4
hours per day. That means almost half of your day is consumed
by distractions and task interruptions!
There are two sides to this. First, realize

that the people you’re targeting to buy your
products and services—all those potential
clients—are being constantly interrupted
and distracted every bit as much as you
are. This means that on any given day, the
attention they might give you is being
diminished more and more. This is serious!
Have you noticed how difficult it is to have

a first-time conversation with a prospective
client these days? Thanks to technology
you have a 90% chance of hearing, “Thanks for calling—I’m not in the office right
now. Please leave a message and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible. Have a
great day!” Well, it’s not so great when all you hear is voice mails all day long. And
being the 150th person on your prospect’s email list doesn’t exactly make you a top
priority either!
The indisputable fact is, due to all these situations—information overload,

interruptions, and distractions—getting people’s attention is extremely difficult.
Back to the Attention Deficit. The other side of the coin is that your attention is
being demanded, competed for and mercilessly devoured every day, as you’re
attempting to gain the attention of the people you want to do business with. It’s a
constant two-way battle and sadly, many entrepreneurs are losing.

Do you now understand that a Lack of Focus is at the
core of this entrepreneurial dilemma?
I sincerely hope so, because until this is given your undivided attention, the
likelihood of you creating the results you really want, is slim at best. In a recession
this dilemma becomes critical. Unfortunately many entrepreneurs never understand
this and end up disillusioned and broke.
Discover your current Level of Focus

—NOW!
Okay, it’s time for you to take a good honest look at your own lack of focus. This one
reality check that I’m about to uncover has created more light bulb moments for my
clients than anything else I’ve ever done.
So do yourself a big favour—complete this exercise now—because the insight

you’ll receive can radically improve the way you run your business.
First, a definition.
Your current level of focus is your ability to focus on your

most important priorities in your business every week.
So you can receive the biggest benefit from this, there’s only one rule—be brutally
honest! You’re not doing this exercise for me or to impress anyone else.
Just follow the instructions below, they’re simple.

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So how did you do?
If you scored 80% or higher you are pretty rare in the business world—well done!
The Focus Range for the vast majority of people is 20 - 40%. Maybe this
is comforting for you right now.
If you were below 50% focus then you

definitely need help.
I have some really good news.

There is a way out, a powerful solution
that will keep you focused and help
you to deflect those annoying distractions
and interruptions that are sabotaging your
future success.
It’s called The Complete Focusing System

and I will give you a detailed outline of this
powerful strategy in a few minutes.
But right now, in case you’re feeling a bit demoralized about your current level of focus
score, let me give you some practical ways to improve this.
I promised you real value in this report, so I’m going to share some of my specialized
research with you. I’ve distilled years of testing and hundreds of client interviews
into the 10 major flaws that will not only destroy your focus, they will keep you stuck
in this recession, increase your frustration level and ensure you never get ahead
financially. Not a pretty picture!
I’ll define each one and then give you a practical Focus Strategy that I personally
use, to help you avoid these pitfalls. These strategies have all been thoroughly
tested in the nitty-gritty world of business entrepreneurship. They are also important
tools to help you conquer the recession.

10 Major Flaws that will
Destroy your Ability to Focus
and How to Eliminate Them
MAJOR FLAW #1
Losing your Vision
A recession can knock you off course, if you’re not focused. Major league achievers
like Tiger Woods, Lance Armstrong, Terry Fox and Jennifer Hudson keep their “Best
Picture” Vision and yearly targets firmly in one place—front and centre.
Lots of people set goals and never achieve them because they lose focus. They
allow their goals to fade into the background. Instead of being crystal clear they become
fuzzy. The old saying, “Out of sight—out of mind” definitely applies here. It’s impossible
to hit an invisible target!
FOCUS STRATEGY
Keep your goals front and centre
Create vivid exciting pictures. Make a powerful collage
and turn it into a screensaver on your computer, or
List your “Best Picture” Vision on a 3x5 laminated

card and read it twice a day. This imbeds your goals
deeper into the subconscious mind.
A daily closed eye visualization for 5 minutes also

works wonders. Try it!
MAJOR FLAW #2
Reacting to the Urgent instead of Focusing on Top Priorities
This is one of the major momentum killers! If you struggle with this, the reason is
twofold— a severe lack of awareness and poor self-management. Note: Not time
management, self-management.

I mentioned this earlier. Entrepreneurs are famous for allowing themselves to be
distracted. They have Major Attention Deficit Disorder that makes them MADD!
(Get it?)
Most are not aware of what their top priorities are, never mind focusing on them. I
played this game for far too long and it was painful. Spinning your wheels, frantically
bumping into dead ends in the maze, busyness to the point of exhaustion with no
concrete results. I could write a book on this flaw alone. Enough said!
FOCUS STRATEGY
Create your Top 3 Priorities
This one is very simple. Every week after
you have carefully selected your Best Next Actions,
highlight the three most important ones. Give
these top priority during the week.
Schedule blocks of 100% focus time on your

calendar. Make sure these three are completed
by the end of the week.
Be accountable for getting these checked off. Do this every week and
your confidence will soar.
MAJOR FLAW #3
No Time to Re-energize
You only have a certain amount of energy to use every day. Stress drains your
energy. If you constantly feel that you’re not growing your business, your cash flow
is making you go weak at the knees, or you can never get the really important work
done because people are always interrupting you, then you’re creating a massive
negative energy drain. To top it off, the negative media keep adding more layers of stress.
And if you are attempting to compensate for all of this stress by working 16 hour
days non-stop, look out, you’re headed for trouble, a major burnout at the least.

FOCUS STRATEGY
You must take regular breaks to re-energize
Every 90 minutes, pause for five minutes. Stretch,
move your body especially if you’ve been sitting in one spot.
Take one full day off minimum every week. This

means a full 24 hours totally free from work! No emails,
phone calls, nothing at all to do with business.
Schedule vacation at the beginning of the year.

Block the time off on your calendar. This forces you to
focus better. (Note: Recession Bonus—You can find lots
of great vacation deals!)
Time off is not something you take when all the work is done. The fact
is—it’s never done.Taking regular breaks is a pre-requisite for success.
Do it!
MAJOR FLAW #4
Not balancing short and long range actions
In a nutshell, if you focus too much time on long range projects you will stifle your cash
flow. Conversely, if all your attention is geared to short team results you will create
serious voids in your sales pipeline because you haven’t planned far enough ahead.
Either one of these scenarios can cripple your business. Entrepreneurs are “idea
machines”—they generate more pie in the sky notions than any other working species!
FOCUS STRATEGY
Plan for Short and Long Range Results
When you are planning your week, ask yourself, “What
will I do this week to create a Short Range result?” This
means activities that produce a measurable result within
30 days. For example, completing a project or securing
a big check.

The second question is, “What will I do this week that brings me closer
to a Long Range goal?” These activities are geared to producing a measurable
result beyond 30 days. In some cases the result may be up to a year away,
but each week you complete a few actions that bring you closer to achieving
your goal.
The 7 Day Focus model I created automatically measures your Short

and Long Range Focus every week, ensuring you stay on track.
MAJOR FLAW #5
Not enough support
Many entrepreneurs run their businesses on the “Lone Wolf” format. They attempt
far too much on their own and don’t consider building a strong support team to
share the load. They become very controlling, won’t delegate and display a systemic
lack of trust in other peoples’ abilities. Does this describe you at all?
FOCUS STRATEGY
Build a fortress around you
All successful businesses that continue to
grow and prosper require people. Build a fortress
around you, people who are brilliant in the areas
you are weak at or shouldn’t be involved in.
I deliberately work with a small in-house team,

people who are passionate about The Power of Focus
and highly skilled in their individual roles.
We outsource a lot—product design and packaging, printing, production

and technical support, web design, speaking engagement procurement, etc.
MAJOR FLAW #6
Taking your best clients for granted
Big, big mistake! There are essentially two types of clients—
1.) Core clients: people who love your products and services and will gladly
recommend you to their friends;
2.) Peripheral clients: people who waste tons of your time and energy and

give you little skinny orders, if any at all!
Core clients are also people who have big goals. They are ambitious and you can
grow as they grow. Don’t take them for granted—they might go elsewhere.
FOCUS STRATEGY
Make a list of your Core Clients
Plan to contact them regularly. Put them on your
calendar for a lunch, or phone call, a thank you note, or
golf game.
Build the relationship by constantly adding value.

Be creative, have fun with this. Trust and loyalty aren’t
built overnight, they take time. Invest wisely.
Delete the time wasters from your data base and

focus on business builders. Years ago, this one strategy
created a major breakthrough in my sales and profits. Make sure you do it too!
MAJOR FLAW #7
Focusing on your Weaknesses
People who advise you to develop balance by working on all aspects of your business
have got it totally wrong! This is one of the worst pieces of advice you could ever get.
If you want to be scattered, running around like a chicken with its head cut off and
feeling constantly overwhelmed, then by all means spend lots of time on the things
you are not good at.
A light bulb moment for me many years ago, was discovering and accepting that
there were certain things I was useless at doing. Keeping me away from any equipment
that has more than two buttons is a rule in my office! Technology is not my strong
suit. I’m content playing in my own sandbox concentrating on coaching, speaking
and creating products. That’s what I do best and when I focus on these natural
strengths, our business is firing on all cylinders. And guess what? I’m a very happy
camper at the end of the week, if I’ve spent 80% or more of my time doing what I
do best and letting go of the rest.

FOCUS STRATEGY
Focus most of your time on your Greatest Strengths
First figure out what these are. What are your

top three? These are the activities that create the greatest
productivity and measurable results for you every week.
The 7 Day Focus calculates your ability in this

area automatically. Just think. If everyone on your team
were to focus on their greatest strengths consistently,
what would this do to your sales and profits? They
would skyrocket!
MAJOR FLAW #8
Poor work /life balance
Juggling a business and your family, plus finding some time for you is one of the
toughest challenges facing entrepreneurs today. The catch 22 is, you probably are
passionate about what you do—that’s why you’ve chosen to be an entrepreneur.
Time flies by, you think nothing of taking work home in the evening or even adding
more on weekends. If you’re young and single, hey, no problem, right? Maybe.
There’s a lot more to life than work. I work hard too, but I always schedule down
time every week. I’ll watch a movie or two, or a big sports event or I’ll just go for a
good long walk with my wife.
If you have a family and want to preserve these relationships, balance is critical.
Otherwise there’s a good chance you’ll just become another broken family
statistic. Is that what you want?
FOCUS STRATEGY
Schedule your most important family activities and
personal downtime at the beginning of each week
Put these in writing on the calendar. .
I use The 7 Day Focus. This is unique in that your business and personal

script is on one page. It’s simple, and guarantees
that you create an excellent work /life balance every
week.
More on this later.
MAJOR FLAW #9
No time to think!
If you keep on doing the same old things that keep you stuck, no wonder you’re not
improving your results. It’s really sad to observe well meaning, sincere, honest business
people digging a hole for themselves that just gets deeper and deeper. Working
harder, repeating the same flawed strategies over and over again. Wake up—something
has to change here!
Take time to think. One thing I know from personal experience is, you can’t think on
the run, when you’re going 100 miles an hour. It’s impossible to make important
decisions at warp speed!
FOCUS STRATEGY
Schedule a Reflective Hour
Every week schedule a meeting with yourself,

one on one. This is 60 minutes where your only
task is to reflect on paper.
Do this by asking yourself questions:

-Am I on track with my goals this week?
-What went well?
-What do I need to correct?
-Who do I need to contact that can help?
-Are my actions linked to achieving my Priority Goals?
-How can I get out of this financial mess?
When you slow everything down and stop your busyness, you can tap
into your deeper insights. Practical ideas and solutions emerge when you
take time to reflect. Make it a habit.

MAJOR FLAW #10
No time to celebrate!
This is a sad one! You’ve just worked your head off, your team has pitched in big
time, you’ve battled deadlines and all sorts of obstacles on your way to a big goal
and you finally reach it. Then what? Sadly, for many entrepreneurs there’s no time
to waste because there’s that never-ending to-do list confronting them. So it’s on
to the next deadline, got to keep going, don’t stop, not now, maybe later. But later
never comes. Why are you doing this to yourself? Wake up and smell the roses for
heavens sake!
FOCUS STRATEGY
Celebrate all progress
Cultivate an attitude of “we deserve to celebrate.”
Then follow through. Recognition is important, for
you and your team. Your business is not supposed
to be a relentless treadmill with no “off” switch.
Have fun; let your hair down, especially

when you achieve your major goals. This refreshes you and the team
—do it often.
Over the years, I’ve gradually incorporated all of these Focus

Strategies into my life and my business. I encourage you to
do the same. You’ll find it life-changing.
Okay, no more talk about the recession!
From this point on, let’s focus our attention

on helping you create abundance in all
areas of your life. The final two sections of
this Report provide the solution.

THE 3 MAIN REASONS
why some people become
SUPERSTARS
The first question I posed to you in this Report was, “Why are some entrepreneurs
incredibly successful, whereas the vast majority struggle to survive?”
SUPERSTAR Reason #1:

They have big reasons to succeed
—compelling big reasons!
Do not underestimate the power of the previous sentence.
It is one of the most significant distinctions that separate
the winners in life from the hapless strugglers.
Let me offer you some proof:

Tiger Woods is on his way to becoming the best golfer ever,
because his vision is exactly that—seeing himself as the best
golfer ever. Every year he challenges himself to become better.
He hires the best coaches to help him improve his swing, his
fitness and his mental toughness.
Terry Fox, a young Canadian who had his leg

amputated due to a fast growing cancer, dreamed of
running across Canada on one leg, a distance of 3,826
miles! He was an average athlete but his “Best Picture”
Vision was to do whatever he could in the years he had left, to
eradicate cancer. In the process he became a national
hero and inspired millions of people to examine their
own lives more closely and discover their own purpose.
Then there’s Jennifer Hudson, who as a child wanted to

be a singer on stage when she grew up. She sang in the church
choir but ended up working in a Burger King. She auditioned for

American Idol in 2004, made great progress, but was unexpectedly knocked out of
the competition, ending up as the sixth runner up.
However, she still believed in her vision and beat out 782 other people to win a
major part in the movie, Dreamgirls in 2006. In her debut role as an actress she
gave a dynamic performance that produced an Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress and a lucrative recording contract. All this by age 25!
In 2008 she suffered tragedy with the loss of two family members. Due to her
fortitude and strong character she quickly rebounded, winning a Grammy Award in
February 2009.
There are lots of other inspiring stories like this, many of which you have undoubtedly
heard. The one common thread woven through all of these success stories is an
unwavering vision—a “Best Picture” of what they want in the future.
Is that what’s holding you back—the lack of a compelling

vision that keeps pushing you forward?
Remember this—
Lack of vision leads to lack of focus.
It’s easy to get distracted and take the wrong path in the maze if you are not
energized by a clear vision of what you want your life to be.
And by the way, you don’t need to be a famous superstar to enjoy a meaningful and
exciting lifestyle.
Later in this Report I’ll show you precisely how you can create
your own “Best Picture” for the future.

Their “Best Picture” is linked to specific goals.
This doesn’t mean making a random to-do list of things you want to accomplish. The
vast majority of people who do this end up totally frustrated because they never
reach most of these goals.
Have you experienced this?

Well, frankly, I used to do the same thing and it didn’t work for me either. Here’s the
important component that will turn this around for you.

Your goals must be directly linked to
your “Best Picture” Vision
They are inseparable; one cannot function without
the other. Here’s the strategy.
Every year you create specific measureable

goals that will bring you closer to actually living
your “Best Picture” vision. This is what the
superstars do.
Every year, Tiger Woods sets new targets that

will help him become the best golfer ever. One
of his main goals is to win more than 18 major championships in his career, to beat
the mark set by reigning champion Jack Nicklaus. So every year, Tiger chips away
at that goal.
Terry Fox wanted to help eradicate cancer. That was his passionate vision. The
goal he set that was directly related to this was to raise one million dollars during
his Marathon of Hope, running across Canada as an amputee. By the time he was
forced to end his run prematurely, due to the cancer spreading to his lungs, he had
raised almost 30 million dollars!
Jennifer Hudson dreamed of becoming a professional singer and actress. Despite

working in a low paying job she set a goal in 2004 to audition for American Idol. This
was a specific goal that moved her closer to her dream and eventually propelled her
to stardom.
Make sure you use the same strategy. Link your goals directly to your vision and
this will pull you through any “dips” that dilute your enthusiasm or distract your focus.

They focus on a weekly game plan.
That means they get down to the nitty-gritty business of maximizing their results
every week, in order to reach their bigger goals on time. It’s all about focus! In fact,
when you start this process, you’ll most likely hit your targets ahead of time because
that old nemesis, lack of focus, will be chained and shackled permanently.
Most people start their week with a lengthy to-do list, or dive into their emails.
Bad decision!

perstars
Su —who are also some of the wealthiest
people in the world—carefully design their
week. The question they ask themselves is,
“What will I focus on this week that will bring
me closer to achieving my major goals?” This
ensures that the actions they take during the week are the best actions and are in
a logical sequence that ensures they move closer to hitting their targets.
Tiger Woods has a detailed game plan for every PGA Tournament he plays in. His
caddy, Steve Williams, walks the course in advance noting yardages and any unusual
features. Tiger plays a practice round to get the feel of the course. He prepares
mentally and physically leaving nothing to chance. His goal is to win, not just participate.
Wouldn’t you rather be proudly holding the winners trophy instead of being an
also-ran, a statistic way down the list? Of course you would! Tiger doesn’t win every
tournament he enters, but he has a strong desire to win every time. That’s another
huge differentiation that separates winners from the also-rans.
Terry Fox set himself specific weekly targets when he ran his Marathon of Hope.
Then he broke those down further, into
how many miles he would run every day. He
averaged close to 26 miles per day—the
equivalent of a marathon—and he repeated
that feat 143 times!
Jennifer Hudson’s best actions for each

week of American Idol were focused on
making the next cut. The competition was
tough, but she persisted, practiced daily
and was determined to do well. Her sixth
place finish became the springboard to
winning an Oscar.
These three celebrities all use the exact

same process that I’m sharing with you.
Don’t try to reinvent the wheel; observe what works and do the same.

In my 30 years experience as an entrepreneur I’m continually amazed at the
number of people who don’t do this. No wonder they’re feeling unfocused. There’s
no solid game plan. Instead they react to every situation, being pulled in several
directions and accomplishing very little.
The result?
Stress, frustration, guilt and even panic, when deadlines aren’t met. That’s a lot of
negative energy and it’s not doing your health any good. Too much stress causes
dis-ease, leading to disease.
If you’re caught in this trap like the mouse in the maze, you need to change your
strategy, fast!
Okay, I’ve laid the groundwork for making a substantial breakthrough. Now let’s
really clarify this. What’s helped me a lot when it comes to understanding a
breakthrough concept at a deeper level is using powerful analogies. For example,
The Mouse and the Maze created a clear distinction between people who get stuck
in business—constantly hitting dead ends—and those who are motivated to find
big rewards—their “cheese”—by choosing the most focused route to succeed.
I really want you to pay attention

to the next two sections of this Report
This is the real foundation that has created my own success

at The Power of Focus. It will work for you too.
So get ready to look at your business and your life in an entirely new light. The following
analogy is called The Movie Manifesto. This is powerful stuff!
Remember, this is designed for one purpose only—to help you enjoy the life you really
want to live. As you’ll discover, this includes all aspects of your life not just your
business and striving to earn more money.
To finish off, I’ll introduce you to The Complete Focusing System, a unique formula
that makes everything I’ve shared with you, very easy to put into practice.

The Movie Manifesto
Have you ever been inspired by a great movie?

Well, I’m sure you have at least once. Over the years, many great stories have
unfolded on the big screen that have stuck in the minds of moviegoers all around
the world: for example, the sinking of the Titanic on its maiden voyage, the story
of Ghandi—creating independence for India through peaceful means, and that
incredible movie Chariots of Fire about the young Scottish Olympian runner who
was born to run. And of course there were other great epic tales like Ben Hur, Moby
Dick, Dr. Zhivago, Gone With The Wind, just to name a few. Even Jaws was not
easily forgotten.
So what made these movies memorable? What made them stick in people’s minds
years after they were produced? Essentially two things: First, a dramatic story
that captured our imagination and secondly, great performances—the main
characters brilliantly portrayed by some of the world’s best actors and actresses.
Many of these memorable movies went on to win Best Picture and Best Actor
Oscars at the Academy Awards in Hollywood.
I believe movies are a great analogy for real life. Think about it: we’re all creating
our very own story as our life unfolds year after year after year. So why is it that
some people create inspiring success stories, great movies if you like, while the
vast majority drift aimlessly along with no direction or purpose? Well, by now of
course, you know focus has a lot to do with this.

Can you imagine a great movie being made with no plot, no direction, no screenwriters
and no actors? That would be ridiculous. And who in their right mind would finance
something like that? And yet most people, in fact 90 percent by
actual survey, live their lives with their fingers crossed, no plan, no
direction, no script, just hoping it all works out in the end. Compare
that to the Academy Award winner. For example: Titanic.
That brilliant movie scooped 11 Oscars. The story was meticulously

crafted and researched, a great supporting cast was pulled
together, and the stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo Di Caprio
delivered masterful performances.
So how is your movie, your unique life story

unfolding at this point in time?
Is it well scripted? Is there an intriguing plot? Will

the end result inspire people? Are you excited about
your own story?
Picture this for a moment. If your life story was

shown on the big screen, how would you want it to
play out? Would it be filled with adventure; action,
twists and turns; a mix of emotional highs and lows
that would keep an audience enthralled right up to
the final scene? And as the credits were rolling, would they be on their feet cheering
and clapping, still talking about you years later because of the positive impact you
had made, the important legacy you had left behind? In essence would you have
created a “Best Picture” performance, maybe even worthy of an Academy Award?
Or would your story be so dull and boring that the audience would be yawning their
heads off and streaming towards the exits long before the end? Wouldn’t that be sad?
Well, here’s the good news. You are the Director, Screenwriter and Leading Actor of
your very own movie. It’s called My Life. And it’s playing right now at this very
minute. Every day produces a new scene and you have the choice to create the
story any way you want. That’s powerful. You can decide how it all unfolds because
you’ve got complete control of the script. Will your movie be exciting? Will it give
you cause to celebrate? Will it create the lifestyle you really want?

Will you enjoy financial freedom? Will you make a difference in other people’s
lives? The possibilities are endless.
My Life
Imagine right now for a moment that your movie is almost finished. If you were
looking back at your story from beginning to end, would it make you smile? Would
it bring a tear to your eyes because you had to overcome some really tough
challenges but you hung in there regardless? You wouldn’t quit, you stuck to the
course and you ended up with huge rewards and the ultimate satisfaction of knowing
that you gave it your best shot. And the proof was in all the glorious memories and
unique experiences you created with those special people in your life. Will you be
able to say, “Wow, what a ride, what an adventure; I created my Best Picture and
I’m proud of it?”
Or as the final credits are about to roll, will you be reflecting on a life of missed
opportunity, regretting you didn’t take any risks, you didn’t stretch to fulfill your real
potential; you allowed your dreams to die inside of you, never giving it your best
shot? And sadly, like many people, you’re left reflecting, if only: if only I had taken
that good advice I was given; if only I had trusted my gut feeling more often; if only
I had started my own business and really worked at it; if only I had focused on my
natural talents and abilities; if only I had taken more time off to travel and see the
world; if only I had spent more time with the people I love; if only. Then the screen
fades to black. End of story.
To make sure this doesn’t happen to you, here’s a powerful 3 step solution.
fSTEPf1 fSTEPf2 fSTEPf3

The Complete Focusing System
Step 1: Produce Your Best Picture
Step 2: Priority-based Goals
Step 3: The 7 Day Focus
Life is really about choices, isn’t it? And if you will

take 100 percent responsibility for your choices, you
can script a great story, one that you can be justifi-
ably proud of.
How do you do it?

Well, that’s the first step in The Complete Focusing System, the one you’re about to
learn. This first step is critical. In fact, it’s the key to the whole system. If you don’t
put time and effort into this one, you won’t be able to follow through with the next
two steps.
It’s like assembling three components for a sound system at home. Let’s say you
have a stereo receiver, a CD player and a set of speakers. Well, if you don’t have
the receiver hooked up, you won’t hear any music, no matter how much you fiddle
with the CD player and speakers. The same applies with The Complete Focusing
System. If you don’t follow the correct sequence, it’s impossible to create your Best
Picture. My goal is to help you produce the absolute Best Picture for your life, one
that will bring you tremendous satisfaction, and who knows, in the process you
might even pick up a major award for your efforts.
dTOfCREATEfYOURfBESTfPICTUREe just like the

Superstars do, first you must know what you want and why you want it. And for the
greatest impact, it greatly helps if this adds value to other people’s lives as well as
your own. You see, by doing so, your story then becomes significant. It’s based on
contribution and service instead of being self-centered and self-serving.
The first step is to create a Best Picture script of what you want, how you see
your life unfolding and what it will feel like.

It’s like writing a screenplay for your life’s movie. This is
the long-term focus. Here, you are in the Directors chair.
It’s your movie, so take charge!
Now it’s also important that your life is well balanced.

One of the biggest challenges these days is creating an
excellent work/life balance. Obviously it’s important to
make money and it’s a great feeling to know that you’re financially independent.
However, if money is your only focus, your life will definitely be out of balance.
When we live in extremes, we miss out on so many other important areas, especially
family and health. And the consequences for this can literally be fatal. You don’t want
to go there!
American life is far from balanced. A time study conducted in 2007 by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics found that Americans average:
10.7 hours a day working for their employer
2.5 hours on household chores
2.6 hours watching television
0.3 hours exercising
Only 6% of American Adults spent time as the primary care provider
for their children. This averaged 2.1 hours on weekdays and
1.9 hours on weekends.
In order to ensure an excellent balance, you’re going to create your Best Picture
by using a special template.
It contains seven categories. These are, in no particular order of importance:

Business Financial Relationships Contribution.
Health Fun Time! Personal
When you script your Best Picture around these seven categories, your life will be
blessed in so many ways, resulting in much peace of mind as well as any material
rewards that you want. I’ll coach you through the first one in detail.
The next two steps in The Complete Focusing System will concentrate on short-term
focus to ensure you turn your screenplay into a real life memorable experience. In
other words, your movie becomes real and you’re actually living it. Step 2 is setting
Priority-based Goals, and Step 3 is called The 7 Day Focus.

STEPf1
Produce Your Best Picture
To produce a powerful vision for your life’s movie, you’re going to approach it by creating
three different mini-scripts. The first will be a series of statements starting with the
words “I am.” This describes the vision of you as a highly successful person living
your dream.
The next set of statements will express how you feel about various aspects of your
life. The opening words will be “I feel.” These are essentially the emotions you’re
experiencing as you live your dream. The final set of statements start with the phrase
“It’s like me to.” These are the special things
you’re actually doing as your dream unfolds.
Using the Business category, I’ll give you a few

examples that will make this totally meaningful
to you. When you extend this to all seven life
categories, the result will be a crystal-clear picture
of what you want your life to look like.
Be prepared to invest real time and effort into this. Block off a few hours at
least so you can explore each of the seven areas in depth. Remember, it’s
your own life you are designing, so why not plan to make it a blockbuster?
The reason so many people are living lives of frustration, who are always financially
strapped and unhappy, is because they never follow through on this first step—
designing their future. And the number one excuse I hear is, they’re too busy! Isn’t
that a joke? The truth is they’re “busyness” is caused by a lack of focus and they
end up stuck in the maze with no sense of direction or purpose in their life. Be
different! Schedule time now, to design the future you want to experience.
Okay, let me give you some examples. In fact, I’ll use some of my own statements
that I created years ago. And then I’ll tell you about someone who used this Focus
Strategy and created incredible results.

So under the Business category, my statements are: I am an
in-demand world-renowned business coach and creator of excellent I am.
..
Power of Focus training programs. I feel passionate about I feel.
..
It’s lik
helping others improve their lives personally and professionally. e me
to...
It’s like me to generously reward our partners and staff for
their efforts in helping me to reach my goals.
When you’ve selected your best statements in each of the seven life categories,
I suggest you transfer them to a 3x5 card so you can easily visualize it. Laminate
the card to prevent it being damaged and then read it twice every day: early in the
morning and last thing at night. This will keep your vision front and centre. That’s
really important.
In fact, that’s what I do and it has produced amazing results. You can also create
a vision board, if you like, using pictures that vividly portray your life’s movie in full
colour. And if you have a family, they’re going to love getting involved in this.
Here’s a portion of my son Andrew’s personal movie. You can do the same.
A Note of Warning here:

Be careful who you share this with. There are a lot of dream stealers out there who
will tell you, oh, that never works; that’s a waste of time; the only movie you’ll ever
star in is one of those blooper shows! Ignore them. They’ll be the ones gobsmacked
when your movie turns out to be an inspiring blockbuster. Believe in yourself.
Surround yourself with people who will cheer you on, people who have great
ambitions and are determined to succeed as well.
When you really see the picture, you’re more likely to live it.
Now, just to prove how powerful this visualization strategy is, let me introduce you
to someone who transformed his life by creating his own Best Picture experience.

The man who made people laugh… finally!
Patrick Combs is an amazing young man. My son Andrew, who

co-authored The Power of Focus for College Students book,
met Patrick a few years ago. In fact, it was Patrick who created
those three statements: I am, I feel and It’s like me to. And
he’s graciously allowed Andrew to share them in his book as
well as with you.
Another thing I like about Patrick’s format is, it ensures you

write in the present tense, keeping your sentences short and sweet. Patrick
has used the same activity himself to become a world-renowned comedian within five
years, and that’s no joke!
Now, here’s the story. Even though Patrick had experienced success as a speaker
and an author, he’d always dreamed of being a comedian and making people laugh.
Many of Patrick’s friends, peers and family, advised him to give up on this dream,
telling him quite bluntly he just wasn’t funny enough. Well, Patrick felt differently. He
believed in his dream. He believed in himself and he was determined to become a
world-renowned comedian.
After several years of performing at half-empty comedy

clubs, having bookings cancelled and experiencing a
mediocre response from his audience, Patrick landed his
first major break. It was an opportunity to perform at a festival
in California where top talent scouts were roaming
around in search of up-and-coming comedians. Now, he
was really nervous about this. He was also excited
at the same time. So he prepared his first major
performance. It was a one-man show titled Man 1,
Bank 0. This was an outrageous true story of how he
deposited a $95,000 junk mail check into an ATM
and it actually cashed!
By the end of the festival, Patrick’s show had become

the main attraction creating roars of laughter and
landing him a spot on HBO alongside Chris Rock, Drew
Carey and several other legends in comedy. Patrick’s dream
was unfolding rapidly.

Before long he had taken a rocket ride to stardom, being
labeled as one of the funniest new comedic talents in America.
He was performing at the two most prestigious comedy
festivals in the world and experiencing every comedian’s
fantasy of performing for an entire week off Broadway.
My son Andrew asked Patrick one day, “Out of all the success
strategies you use, which strategy helped you the most in
achieving your dream?” Patrick responded without hesitation.
“I visualized my dream every day and I believed that it
would eventually happen.” In fact, my son Andrew went to
see Patrick performing off Broadway. When he met him,
Patrick showed him a wallet sized card that he carried
around all the time, and on this card was his Best Picture
vision. It was split up into three sections, and you guessed
it of course, they started with the words “I am,” “I feel,” and
“it’s like me to.”
The neat thing about this, what was written on Patrick’s Best
Picture vision is identical to the success he’s experiencing
today: performing off Broadway, receiving standing ovations
at HBO’s Comedy Arts Festival. It was all on his Best Picture
statements years ago before it became reality. He carried it
in his wallet so he’d be reminded throughout
the day of the dream he was striving for, and
within a few years he was living that dream.
Now, it’s time for you to get to work.

Be creative. Make your movie memorable.
Remember, until you have a well-written script and powerful images to magnify it, you
won’t be able to move on to the next step of the Complete Focusing System.
To help you Produce Your Best Picture vision I’ve created all the templates
for you in the seven life categories.
You can download these for FREE by clicking on the link below,
http://www.thepoweroffocus.ca/FREEtemplates.pdf

STEPf2
Priority-based Goals
Only 3% of the general populace have written goals.

In the business world only 20% have written goals.
Now, before you charge forward

all excited with your new vision, you
need to know what your priorities are
and have them clearly defined. In
keeping with our movie analogy, you are the Screenwriter, selecting the scenes
and putting them in order. These are actually the Priority-based Goals that you need
to create for the short term. I recommend a one year time frame for this. That’s what
I use. I find it’s easy to manage and it gives you some flexibility if needed.
Every year, of course, certain things happen in all areas of your life: your business,
your financial situation, your health, what you do for fun during the year, the people
you spend time with, things that are satisfying personally and the types of contribution
that you’re making. All of these events every year are like the scenes in a movie.
As you are the Screenwriter, you’re in control, so make sure it’s unfolding the way you
want it to. Creating Priority-based Goals is a really effective way to do this.
There are three components. You begin with the first draft, which is simply outlining
your goals. This is followed by the second draft, which is clarifying your goals.
And the third component, the final draft, is prioritizing
your goals. See how easy those steps are? First you
outline your goals, then you clarify, and then you prioritize.
This is really simple, but it’s also very, very powerful.
And remember, most people, in my experience, don’t
do this. That’s one of the main reasons they stay stuck
in that maze.

When you’ve completed this, you’ll be fully prepared for the last step, which in a
movie would be called “Lights, Camera, Action!” This is where you take centre stage
and start living your movie full out, full force, and full on! You’re making it happen
every week, fully focused, enjoying the journey as you go, and, of course, the big
rewards that go with it.
STEPf3
The 7 Day Focus
Now you’re ready to take on the Leading
Actor role in the movie called, My Life.
By completing Step 2 you know what your
Priority-based Goals are for the next year.
Step 3 is where you actually chunk everything
down into one week timelines. Each week
you have a detailed script just like actors
do, so you can perform at your best.
This is a critically important role. Imagine

shooting a movie with no script. That
would be ludicrous. The leading actors would storm off the set complaining about
how unprofessional this was, and the more difficult personalities would probably
say things like, “I don’t do ad-libbing, stop wasting my time!”
How many times have you watched a really good actor’s reputation go down in
flames because he or she chose a movie with an awful script, a stupid plot and
directed by someone whose vision was scattered at best? So let’s make sure your
script is well thought out and is in complete alignment with your Priority-based Goals.
Your script is actually your Best Next Actions that you simply follow every
week. When you do, the scenes in your movie will unfold the way they’re supposed
to. And before you know it, those exciting goals will become a reality. You want a
wonderful exotic vacation this year? There are a whole series of actions you’ll need
to take to ensure a unique memorable experience. You’d like to double or triple
your current net worth? What needs to happen this year to pull that off? You want
to have two months free to volunteer for a worthy cause this summer? Again, what

actions are required to create this?
Just like your DNA is the heart and soul of who you are, your
BNA (Best Next Actions) is the driving force that ensures you
reach your business, personal and financial goals with confidence
and certainty.
Coincidentally, there are seven specific features and benefits embedded in
The 7 Day Focus. This takes traditional planning and to-do lists to a completely
new level of sophistication and relevance. It’s a paradigm shift in thinking and for
measuring results quickly and accurately. You’re going to love this!
The 7 Features and Benefits are:
1. Your Best Next Actions are in complete alignment
with your Priority-based Goals.
2. Focus 80 percent of your time on your top priorities

and only 20 percent of your time on all that other stuff.
3. The Priority Focus—this helps you drill down even fur-

ther to identify what your top three priorities are each week.
4. Monitor your greatest strengths—that’s the amount of

time you spend doing what you do best. Again, the 80/20
rule applies here. Just watch your confidence and energy
soar when you get into the habit of doing this. This was one
of my greatest breakthroughs. It resulted in me completing
our second Power of Focus book, The Power of Focus for
Women, with my wife Fran, 12 times faster than I wrote the
first book!
5. Create short and long range results. This is especially

valuable in managing cash flow.
6. Enjoy an excellent work/life balance—this is a big

one! Your weekly script includes all seven Priority Goal areas.
7. The Focus Scorecard—you can easily track your results

in three major areas at the end of every week. It only takes
a few minutes. The Focus Scorecard determines how well
you perform with your next actions, especially those top

three priorities. It also measures how much time you devoted
to your greatest strengths and calculates the balance that you
created between your short and long range actions.
An added bonus is you can connect with a

Focusing Partner, someone who will challenge
and support you to produce your best
scores every week. That’s really helped me.
This boosts your accountability.
Essentially there are two main parts to The 7 Day Focus.

First, you focus on creating a great script every week, one that’s practical, measurable
and designed to bring you closer to achieving your Priority-based Goals.
The second part of The 7 Day Focus is called The Follow-Through. In movie
terms, the equivalent would be “Lights, Camera, Action!” Now you are centre stage,
the cameras are rolling and it’s time to deliver a Best Picture performance. The 7
Day Focus is all about focus and follow through, actually delivering on your promise
to yourself and your loved ones. And yes, it’s not only possible, it’s practically
guaranteed. All you need to do is stick to the script.
Yes, you can!!

No matter what stage of life you’re at right now,
how stuck or challenged you may feel, how financially
pressured you might be, how tough slogging your
business is at the moment, you can turn it all
around, absolutely guaranteed. Just follow the steps
I’m sharing with you.
Create a better vision for your life. Write some exciting new scenes, those Priority-
based Goals that get your adrenaline pumping, and then discipline yourself to figure
out your Best Next Actions each week. That’s the detailed script. Then stride onto
the stage with your script in hand and deliver a great performance, week in and
week out. That’s how it works.

And if someone like me can do this—brought up in the backstreets of Belfast,
working in a dead end job for 14 years—you can too.
Final Snapshot
To get the most from this
Report, I encourage you to
read it through one more
time at least.
It’s impossible to absorb

all of this content in one
sitting.
Are you ready

for a Unique Opportunity?
see below

Will you be one of the
twelve?
I am willing to coach an elite group of
ambitious entrepreneurs for one full
year and possibly longer. Due to my
extremely busy schedule—speaking,
recording, coaching my regular clients,
writing books and creating new products
—the number of people I am prepared
to personally coach is very limited.
In fact I’ll give you the number. It’s 12.

No matter how large a response this
may generate, that is my absolute limit.
So the first 12 people who qualify will
spend time with me every month for a
full year.
What does qualify mean?

There are 2 Steps:
First, you must be able to answer “Yes” to the 5 statements below.

Be honest, so we don’t waste each others’ time.
1. You are serious about making changes in your life. That means
a real commitment to focus and follow through.
Yes No

2. You are ambitious and believe you can create a hugely successful
future for yourself and your loved ones.
Yes No
3. You have a real business that you are building, not just an idea for
a business.
Yes No
4. You understand the value of having a very experienced Coach in
your corner, someone who can guide you through all the obstacles
that stand in your way.
Yes No
5. To help you achieve the results you want, you are open to blunt
feedback and are prepared to thoroughly test new strategies quickly.
Yes No
The second step is a phone conversation with me personally so I can determine

if there is a really good fit between the results that you want and what I will deliver.
Here’s what you will receive:

We will
Create 7 templates that clearly define an exciting new vision for
your life—your Best Picture.
Outline, clarify and prioritize your most important goals for each of
the next two years.
Concentrate on 7 key areas to ensure an excellent work/life balance—

Business Financial
Fun-Time! Health and Fitness
Relationships¸ Personal
Contribution

I will make sure your goals are exciting and challenging and are directly linked
to your Best Picture vision. At the same time, I will ensure these are not
pie-in-the-sky unrealistic wishes. That’s where some of the blunt feedback
comes in!
Implement The 7 Day Focus

This unique system will track your progress every week. After determining
your Best Next Actions, you can monitor your level of focus in 3 specific areas:
1. Completion of your Top Priorities
2. Your ability to balance short and long range actions—critical for
creating positive cash flow every month.
3. Time spent on your greatest strengths.
You’ll see immediate results with The 7 Day Focus!
Identify your current greatest challenges and set up specific

strategies to eliminate them; everything from time pressure and financial
stress to lack of confidence and not enough personal or family time.
Show you how to significantly increase your ability to focus

on your top priorities and spend more time on your greatest strengths
every week. This is where you’ll discover tremendous breakthroughs in your
productivity. As your momentum increases, so will your confidence. Often, my
clients reach their major goals far faster than they thought possible.
Determine what your bad habits are and learn how to create
successful habits. This is a really big deal and will produce rapid results for
you. Bad habits are a major factor in keeping people stuck. By changing just
a few habits per year you can transform any area of your life you are not
happy with. I’ll show you how with The Successful Habits formula.
Leverage your Relationships.

Success in business has a lot to do with the company you keep. You’ll
learn how to build a veritable fortress of top quality clients and a support team
who are passionate about your products and services.
No wasting time on peripheral, energy-draining people whose only contribution

to you is a high level of stress!

Remember, I’m only interested in results—so be prepared to make changes
fast. No more repeating the same old behavior that’s holding you back.
Here’s the game plan:

You’ll be connecting with me twice per month.
One full hour at the start of the month to establish

strategy and short term goals. This is followed by a
second session for 30 minutes, about two weeks later,
to monitor progress and make any necessary adjustments.
We’ll repeat this process for an entire year.
Note: we can do this by phone, where you call in, or if

you prefer, we can meet face to face in my office.
Support Materials
In addition to my personal coaching time with you every month, you’ll receive a
bonded leather Power Of Focus binder containing detailed handouts of all the
strategies we cover.
You will also be gifted a six month membership to my Power of Focus Audio
Club.This allows you to tap into exclusive interviews with outstanding entrepreneurs,
multi-millionaires and experts in personal and professional development. These are
inspiring and will keep you motivated as well as providing additional tools for your
long term success.
Focusing Partner
To provide even more accountability every week, I’ll show you how to set up a
Focusing Partner relationship with someone you know, who is also positive and
ambitious.

What’s my total investment?
Let me put this into perspective. First, realize that focusing on your future success
is an investment in yourself. Sadly, some people look at everything they do as a
cost—wrong mindset! No wonder they never do anything significant with their life.
My current fee for a 3 hour workshop is $15,000 plus expenses. And that’s sharing
my ideas with several hundred people, sometimes thousands.
If you are selected as one of my 12 personal coaching clients, you receive 18 hours
of my time, one-on-one, completely customized to your needs and wants. Plus all
the additional benefits I just mentioned. And of course that doesn’t include the extra
time I will take to prepare and review your progress before and after every session.
Your investment is only $11,000, all inclusive.

As an entrepreneur you can write this entire investment off as a tax deductable
expense.
So there you have it.

It’s up to you now. Are you ready to create a very special year?
If you are, call our office right away. Remember, the limit is 12 people.
Ask for Hildi—she will give you all the details.
Thank you for your time today.
Phone: (403) 295-0500

or Toll Free: (877) 678-0234
Email: info@thepoweroffocus.ca
P.S. If you are still weighing your decision to be one of the 12 people who
will spend an entire year with me, read the next three pages.
P.P.S. Feel free to share this report with your business colleagues, clients,
and suppliers.

At the start of this Report, I promised
you compelling evidence. Here it is!
“The Power of Focus has turned my life around. I just realized my

dream of opening my own recording studio and my debt burden is
almost eliminated. On top of that, I have since met and married
the most perfect woman I could ever have hoped to meet. Your
ideas on building excellent relationships really do work!”
Tony Hunter
Freedom Creative Music Centre
“Just one strategy from Les Hewitt produced 40 sales for us in

two weeks, a total of $732,000. And that was only testing it with
one client.”
Dwight McLellan
President, CD Properties
“I am realizing profound changes. Due to creating better habits I

have regained my health, eliminated prescribed medication, lost
72 pounds in six months and practice regular exercise. I feel terrific!”
Bob Benninghofen
President, Berritt Inc.
“Taking more time off works! This year I treated myself to 4

weeks vacation and my income increased 56%”.
Donna Marshall
Realtor, Century 21
“Les Hewitt’s system made me focus on the financial goals in my

life and was a major factor in helping me become debt-free within
eighteen months.”
Dan Smith
Porter Engineering Ltd.
“The strategy of reflective thinking increased the revenues of my

company by 30% in the first year.”
Harry Fech
Handal Human Logistics Group

“I adopted the six week vacation strategy, made significantly more
money and had my kids tell me, “Dad, you are way calmer,” all of
which I attribute to The Power of Focus.”
Reid Schmidt
Cornerstone Law Group
“The Power of Focus has given me the tools of confidence that

allowed me to grow our company revenue by over 50% last year.”
Bernard Gobeil
Signal Craft Technologies Inc.
“Thanks to Les I developed the focus and the clarity to make

some tough business decisions that have dramatically increased
my net worth and reduced my stress level. Thank you.”
Richard Dahl
Tempest Energy
“Les kept me focused on improvement, to the point that my business

grew by 50%. Thanks Les—a terrific program.”
Michael Broadhurst
Vision 2000 Travel
“The Power of Focus has given me the tools to not only take my
business to a much higher level but to take all facets of my life to
a higher level. The program has given me more than I ever
thought possible. It was worth ten times the investment in time
and money”.
David Udy
WealthCo Financial Advisory Services Inc.
“The POF program exceeded my expectations. I gained much

both personally and professionally. I increased my income and
had more time off. My stress level is the lowest it has ever been.
I now realize that I am in charge of my life. I can make changes
and grow. Many thanks.”
Jim Wright
Wood Windows Specialties Inc.

“Since I started The Power of Focus program I changed my
business direction and saw my company flourish beyond my
wildest dreams.”
Gary Browning
Browning Design Inc
“Your contribution has helped me earn a promotion while

decreasing my work week from 65+ hours to less than 50. As a
new father, these changes are priceless.”
Kurtis Leinweber
Principal, Foundations for the Future
“Due to The Power of Focus my net worth has increased by 75%

and I’ve come to appreciate the worth of personal relationships
and the effort needed to maintain them.”
Robert Stubbs
Blair Stubbs and Associates
“When I first started using the POF my life was definitely

controlled by my job. I also had some really bad habits and was
the best at procrastinating. Now I am able to separate myself
from my business while increasing my net worth by 60+%. Thank
you for giving me the tools to self manage myself to a higher
degree and to learn to get the most out of life in every aspect.”
Phil Driedger
Hardcore Gym
“The Power of Focus program has given me tremendous tools

and strategies for creating effective change in my life and my
business. For example, using just one strategy I was able to increase
sales for my company by 246% in one year.”
Peter Jarman
Trimax Inc.
Thanks for taking the time to read this Report. I hope you
found it valuable.
If you’d like to be coached one-on-one by Les Hewitt for a
full year, phone direct (403)295-0500
toll free (Can & USA) 1-877-678-0234
email info@thepoweroffocus.ca

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Special Report:

30 minutes that can

Foreword by Jack Canfield

NOTE to people in a hurry:

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There is a way to beat the recession!

Here’s the good news:

Let me tell you a little about Les Hewitt.

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Is this something you can relate to?

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Motto for success: Focus and Follow Through!

“When it comes to business and life, Les Hewitt has everything it

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Are you Recession Proof?

Have you ever wondered why?

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You have two choices when facing this current recession:

I have personally interviewed hundreds of top achievers, most of them wealthy

I encourage you to embrace the challenge

Constantly instill this attitude into the people

Embracing the challenge also means, make it fun!

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So what about those recession-busting entrepreneurs?

Somehow they have created a unique

What about you?

There are more than 3,000,000 millionaires in North America

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Use THE SUCCESS CHECKLIST below

If you want to receive a major breakthrough from this Report

I take at least 6 weeks vacation every At least 3 times a week I maximize my

I produce excellent cash flow every I generously contribute to my community

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Me, a bestselling author—

“For things to change,

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In the rest of this Report there are numerous

Have you ever felt like this?

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As an appetizer to more in-depth solutions you’ll find later in

Select whatever appeals to

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The #1 Reason you are not enjoying the

So if a Lack of Focus is the #1 reason entrepreneurs continue to struggle, let’s be

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That’s the Power of Focus

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It’s the Lack of Focus...

So let’s dig deeper and figure out how to conquer this

The Mouse and the Maze

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Then the researchers placed a piece of

Why is this happening?

So what’s the answer?

The answer is: Get Creative

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Innovative thinking is one of the best ways to conquer any recession.

If you don’t have anything significant to shoot for...

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