Why do some people do so much more with them? In FOCUS 2.0, Dr. Morris Thomas offers practical guidance for making the most of your time, drawing on nearly two decades of practice and the discipline of project management.
Time is the great equalizer. This book builds time management literacy for leaders, entrepreneurs, students, and anyone ready to make every hour count. It develops not only project management, but the project manager.
A practical guide to making your 168 hours count. Through honest stories, practical tools, and coaching questions, Dr. Thomas introduces the FOCUS Method, a clear way to decide what your time is for.
New · Foreword by Anthony D. Wilbon, Ph.D., PMP
The book where it began. Seven short, practical chapters on becoming focused and staying focused: develop a sense of self, a plan, commitment, a strong support system, a strong work ethic, patience, and endurance.
“The problem is rarely a shortage of effort. It is a shortage of clarity about what deserves the limited hours we have on any given day. That is the question Dr. Thomas takes on, and he answers it more honestly than most.”Anthony D. Wilbon, Ph.D., PMPDean, Howard University School of Business
Dr. Thomas is a business executive, senior higher education administrator, professor, speaker, author, and coach, recognized globally for his expertise in project management. More than 65,000 learners around the world have enrolled in his Coursera course, Project Management Essentials, one of Class Central’s most popular online courses. A certified Project Management Professional, he has led large-scale technology, real estate, construction, and learning design initiatives, and his work has been featured by the Chronicle of Higher Education, Instructure, K16 Solutions, and Campus Technology. He has served as Provost and Professor at Wiley University and as the inaugural Assistant Provost for Digital and Online Learning at Howard University. He has taught project management at several universities, including Howard University. His honors include the Chief Executive Leadership Award and the Quality Matters Directors’ Award for Exceptional Service.
Pre-orders ship in December 2026.
Both books together: FOCUS and FOCUS 2.0.
Pre-orders ship in December 2026.
Focus: The Missing Factor; A Practical Guide to Accomplishing Your Goals starts with a question most people never ask honestly: if you have the intelligence, the talent, and the resources, why are your goals still waiting? Dr. Thomas’s answer is that what most people lack is not ability or opportunity. It is focus. The book shows readers what to build within themselves to gain focus and keep it when resistance, distraction, and setbacks arrive. Whether the goal is better health, stronger finances, a degree, or a lifelong dream, it challenges readers to stop letting circumstances define them and to stay the course until the goal is reached.
Nearly two decades after Focus: The Missing Factor, FOCUS 2.0: The Time Factor: A Practical Guide to Making Your 168 Hours Count takes on the one resource that decides everything else. Money can be earned back. Time cannot. Every yes spends hours you will never see again, and most people pay that price without ever counting the cost. Grounded in project management principles, the FOCUS Method shows leaders, executives, entrepreneurs, and anyone pursuing a goal how to stop wondering where the week went and start deciding where it goes. Everyone gets the same 168 hours a week. This book answers why some people accomplish so much more with theirs, and how you can too.