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It’s an attention economy, where everyone and everything is competing for your attention.
So, how can you reclaim your focus and dictate where your attention goes?
6 Tips to Regain and Retain your Focus.
- Anticipate Distractions. Knowing that there are distractions and interruptions vying for your attention can help you be on guard and fend them off as required.
- Avoid Multi-Tasking. You only have 100% attention to give, so avoid diluting this by doing multiple things poorly – rather than doing 1 thing well.
- Know your Zone. Understand when you do your best work. Is it in the morning, mid-afternoon, evening? Play to your preferences & strengths.
- Set Time-Limits. Know your typical attention span and work within this.
- Prioritise. Tackle the ‘Big Rocks’ before you decide to sort the ‘gravel’.
- Value Rest. Recharging has huge upside to re-focus on the next task.
Implementing any of these tips can help you take greater control of your day, decreasing frustration and the potential for overwhelm.