I am going to talk about a very simple and popular phrase which works effectively in our life. When we take this phrase seriously, follow it & make a habit, we are going to get success in our respective field. Be it a Businessman, an Artist or a Sports person or anybody in the world. This habit works best for their success. The phrase is in English, which may be the part of few academic books as well around the globe. We could say it is a universal phrase. So, straightaway let me talk about the phrase and how it could be effective against anyone’s life.

The Phrase

Out of sight, Out of mind

Importance to a businessman

This phrase works effectively in a businessman’s life. When you deal with your client one by one. Imagine, you have done with your 1st client and you have to move to 2nd. But while talking to your second client you are still thinking about the things related to the 1st client. I mean to say, your first client is out of your sight but is still in your mind. Obviously, it could impact your dealing with a second customer. You are physically present at your second client but mentally somewhere else.

You could see the most successful businessmen of the world. They have so many meetings in a day. Sometimes public meetings or personal meetings or conferences and all. You could clearly observe that when they deliver one meeting, they are present there physically as well as mentally. They get so involved in the task at hand. They successfully move from the last task/meeting physically and mentally because they understand if there is something out of sight, it should be out of mind as well.

Importance to a sports person

This phrase is extremely important in the case of a sportsman. A sportsman just couldn’t afford to disobey this phrase. It’s like if a batsman is playing in a national or international cricket match & he is about to hit a ball. Now, at the moment, if he thinks about the previous ball and not focuses on the current ball. There are lots of chances for him to get out on this ball or lose momentum, because his mind is still in a thing which is out of sight. This phrase is pretty important to aspiring sports people as well. This is the basic thing which they need to be expert at.

Importance to a Student/teenager

Student time is the best time to become an expert on this habit. Sometimes, when you are a poor student and afraid of your teacher because you are always incomplete with your homework. Therefore, if this lecture (of incomplete homework & angry teacher) has gone and you are in the next lecture on sports. But, still you think about that previous teacher because the teacher is still in your mind despite out of your sight. The disadvantage is, by doing so, a student would not be able to concentrate on any subject. Even not on his favourite subject. So, students must make it a point that the things which are out of sight must be out of mind as well.

Same way, in our teenage years, if we see our cousins after a long time. We play with them for a few days, then, our cousins leave us and we become so emotional and we don’t forget the memories for many days. It’s good to have good memories and remember them. But it becomes a problem when memory becomes overloaded with your mind. Which disturbs your actions & you are not able to concentrate on your actions because you think about memory all the time. So, this thing must be controlled, our phrase is quite effective against such situations

Concluding Note

In the concluding note, I want to mention one thing that the above conversation applies to the respect for particular circumstances. When your conscious mind needs to concentrate on one thing but your subconscious mind hampers it by thinking something else. By saying ” out of sight out of mind ” I don’t mean that you just forget completely about the deal/meeting forever. You can’t do that because sometimes you have to think about your previous meeting/actions to match the details or to do other things related to that particular meeting. So, my idea is, you could do this another time, but you couldn’t mix up things at the same time.

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