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Our attention is under siege. We're seduced by the persistent ping of incoming email, and the constant updates on our various social media sites. The world's information is forever at our fingertips. We're constantly connected and increasingly overwelmed. So what does it take to be focused, productive, and efficient in a world of infinitely rising demand?
Cultivating absorbed focus is increasingly the most difficult, and the most vital, task in today's workplace. Find some great tips and ideas below for increasing your ability to focus on one thing at a time, debunk the myth of multitasking, and become more effective and engaged at home and at work.
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Cultivating Absorbed Focus
Eighty percent of the CEOs said the business environment is growing so complex that it literally demands new ways of thinking. Less than 50 percent said they believed their organizations were equipped to deal effectively with this rising complexity.
Top Tips for Taking Back
Control of Your Attention
- Try shutting off your email completely for at least one hour a day, and devote that time to a significant challenge you're facing.
- Decide the night before on the most important task for the following day. Try to do it first thing, for 60-90 minutes without interruption.
- Do one thing at a time. Research shows that when we multitask, we retain less and have and have more difficulty applying what we learn.
-Herbert Simon
Recommended Reading on Focus
Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life
By Winifred Gallagher
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age
By Maggie Jackson
Getting Things Done
By David Allen
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