The two most common words I hear at the outset of a coaching \nconversation when I ask “How are you?” are ” Busy ” and ” I need to \nfocus “.
\nThese two states of mind are directly connected. We feel guilty unless \nwe are busy. We feel compelled and obligated to fill our time with \njam-packed calendars, endless meetings, countless reports, and traveling\n in a hurried manner compulsively attached to our smartphone.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each complex activity we undertake requires us to be focused \nexclusively on one critical task at a time and herein lies the issue. \nHuman beings are not designed to be occupied every minute of our waking \nday. We need to find down time – time to give our mind, soul and bodies a\n break and to re-charge to be ready for when we really need to be in the\n state of being focused.
\nAs this month’s featured Harvard Business Review article highlights, how\n we start and approach our day has so much to do with how we can access \nand bring focus into what is important in this moment.
\nI am an advocate of the five measures outlined in the article and \nsincerely hope this newsletter draws your attention and intention of \nbeing “focused”.
\nOnce you read this article, take a moment to ask\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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