Sometimes you have to take a moment to relax and enjoy…wait,
what was that?
Distractions play
a role in day to day life and most are unimportant, yet we focus on them
instantly. Email bings, text alerts, phone rings, bathroom breaks and water
cooler gossip cut into our important life activities because we let them.
In sports,
coaches always yell at the players to focus; focus on the ball, focus on the
offensive player, and focus on the game itself. In business, you need a coach
to tell (or yell at) you to focus on your work and finish what you started.
Turn off the ringers of your phone, turn off any alerts you have for emails or
texts and keep the gossip to a minimum. However, go to the bathroom often,
drinking plenty of water is a good thing and bad things can happen if you hold
it for too long!
If you set an
agenda for your day and have a plan, you are more likely to finish everything
you need to get done. Take the time to do this and you will be happy you did,
then thank your new coach for helping you focus. All the while when you
are…wait, what was that?
That's so true Brian. Working at home can be doubly distracting. I'm trying to set up a schedule for both of us and work from an agenda, albeit loose. It's certainly a start.
ReplyDeleteThanks for encouragement to get started!
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