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How to Develop “Black Hole” Focus and Achieve Your Biggest Goals at the Speed of Light

Matt Karamazov
5 min readMay 15, 2021
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The simplest explanation of a black hole is that it’s an area of space so dense and tightly compact that not even light can escape. It’s so black, and dark, and well…focused…that once light particles get pulled into the “event horizon,” or boundary of a black hole, that particle is never seen or heard from ever again.

Now…

Imagine if that was the level of your focus on your goals and dreams.

That’s what Isaiah Hankel’s book, Black Hole Focus, is going to help you to do, and where Hankel devotes all his attention to helping you get right what you have to get right before you tackle anything else: your focus.

It’s a guide for intelligent people (like us) to help us to bring more of themselves to their work and to making real their deepest aspirations.

If I had read this book ten years ago, it would have been revelatory for me. Now, strangely enough, I actually do many of the things Hankel suggests in this book! I’m glad I kept reading though, because even a veteran like me was able to pull out some great lessons from this book on success, focus, and mindset.

Below is a collection of my best notes that I’ve taken from Black Hole Focus, with some additional commentary from me…

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Matt Karamazov
Matt Karamazov

Written by Matt Karamazov

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