Focus and Planning, (Part A) One major reason why people fail or are not very successful is because they lack the ability to focus and plan. Your Oeuvre should be as a result of proper planning in bits, focusing on well detailed steps. Let's say you have an idea to start up a business. Outlined below are 10 compulsory steps you must focus on and plan: 1. What business do you want to start and why do you choose that particular business? 2. Rate your passion for that business, if you are doing it only because it's profitable, then that is not the business you should start when you are still struggling financially. If you start a business simply because it's very profitable and things don't go as planned, you will easily get frustrated and abandon the business thereby losing your money. But if beyond the fact that the business is profitable, you are passionate about the business, or you are very experienced in that line, then it's enough reason for you to ...