I have heard it said that true focus is maintained by rejecting other great options to follow the one you desire most. It reminds me of the concept how people are lead around by the wind when they travel without a rudder. The wind can come in the obvious form and direction that is obviously negative to your goal... but the wind that is only a slight crosswind is just as dangerous... your aim will still miss the mark.
So, how does one accomplish this? I have no exact prescription about how to go about this but here's a few thoughts.
Practice saying "no" in general but better yet to potentially good options. Practice is pretty much the only way to improve at anything in life but it's especially important for the subtle and often overlooked soft skills that almost imperceptibly shape a person's character.
Take time at regular intervals to thoughtfully consider the subject of said focus. Daily might be the easiest interval to create and/or keep that sort of habit but I'm pretty confident weekly, semi-weekly, and monthly are all great stretches as well. Thoughtfully considering could be as simple as meditating on the subject but any sort of writing or communicating, especially to others, can really help the consideration more deeply sink in.
Adding peripheral goals that themselves are beneficial and synergistic toward the main subject of focus can be quite helpful. Steps in any direction tend to help more than doing nothing. Steps in a similar direction should help even more. Just be careful that the similar ones don't become the primary one.
Anyway... that's just a few ideas about the importance of focus and some ways to tackle how to stay on track. Hope some of it is useful!
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