Ian Burchnall has urged Notts County to forget what is going on in the National League promotion race and take care of their own business.
The Magpies are battling for a return to the Football League, but are 12 points off leaders Stockport who are favourites for the title.
Notts have not abandoned all hope of chasing down the Hatters especially with a favourable run-in at the back end of the season and they still have Stockport to play.
But ahead of Saturday's home clash against Yeovil, Notts' head coach prefers that the focus is on what they can affect in their own games.
"This league is so hard and we don't really control that (top spot) because Stockport are ahead of us and we don't have the games in to catch them on points yet," he said.
"If Stockport go and win every game from now to the rest of the season, we don't have any control over the other teams, we only have control over ourselves.
"We just focus on what we can do. We do our best every single game and we see what that produces.
"And I think if we bring our top performance level every game, we have a good chance to take points in every match.
"We just have to focus on that really, and the rest follows.
"Try not to think about games in hand, who's playing who, what outcome can happen, because then you get bogged down in things that you've got absolutely zero control over.
"You only have control over what we're doing and I focus on that.
"I speak to people within the league that have been here for many years and they all say this is probably the strongest it's been for a long, long while.
"There's a lot of good teams, with a lot of good players playing this season and that's a big challenge."
Notts saw a five-game unbeaten run come to an end on Tuesday night as they slipped to defeat at promotion rivals, Chesterfield.
Despite taking the lead, Notts were beaten 3-1 as the Spireites launched a spirited second-half fightback.
But Notts are hoping to respond in an ideal fashion when they host Yeovil on Saturday with this home form having been hugely impressive this term.
However, Burchnall is mindful of how they will try to nullify them.
"I watched their game against Chesterfield and they were a little bit unlucky," he said.
"They had two big chances in the first half and then they concede a good goal by Chesterfield, just before half-time.
"But they're a little bit unlucky in that game.
"I thought they could have come away with something.
"I think we beat them away two-nil.
"And I think since then they've really improved in the way in which they've played.
"They are very well organised. And they've got some good threats up there and experienced players like Adi Yussuf up front.
"I'm sure they'll come with plenty of energy and a good plan to try and frustrate us."
