Your Starting Point
Before you start running off the block to improve your level of focus, it is best to know where you are. This is important to know how much work you have to invest and target it to the areas that need it the most.
Here are 7 questions to help you:
- Do you find it easy to stay alert?
- Do keep track of your progress easily?
- Do you take frequent breaks while working?
- Do you remove the feeling of being overwhelmed by cutting your tasks into bite-sized steps?
- Do you complete more objectives rather than dream about them?
- Are you easily able to tune out of the distractions around you?
- Is multi-tasking something that you do Infrequently?
How Do You Rate Yourself?
If you answered yes, to 4 or more of the above, then you are starting in a good place. However, if no seems to be your answer to the majority, you may have to invest some extra effort.
This is not something that you can jump into and come out of mastering the skill. You will need to set a plan of action, be more aware of your behaviours and keep practicing.
Here are 5 immediate actions that you can take to begin strengthening your focus.
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roysinOnline
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Great tutorial and guide, Cassi👍🏼
It is strange but just before I read your tutorial I stumbled over an article via the Pocket app, named "Indistracted", which goes hand in hand with what you write here and your related blog post about Focus the other day.
I have noticed lately that I have been suffering a bit form distraction myself, from stress due to heavy workloads at work, and trying to get some progress in my digital entrepreneurship.
The distraction takes me into a digital screen doing research and work related to my digital entrepreneurship, overlooking among other things, our dog. She has started to react to my distraction, and has showed it to me lately that she is not happy with my shift of focus.
This weekend, I will re-write my work schedule and DMO details to allow for more quality time with family and our little fur baby.
Your Call-to-Action in your tutorials are spot on.
-Roy-
It is strange but just before I read your tutorial I stumbled over an article via the Pocket app, named "Indistracted", which goes hand in hand with what you write here and your related blog post about Focus the other day.
I have noticed lately that I have been suffering a bit form distraction myself, from stress due to heavy workloads at work, and trying to get some progress in my digital entrepreneurship.
The distraction takes me into a digital screen doing research and work related to my digital entrepreneurship, overlooking among other things, our dog. She has started to react to my distraction, and has showed it to me lately that she is not happy with my shift of focus.
This weekend, I will re-write my work schedule and DMO details to allow for more quality time with family and our little fur baby.
Your Call-to-Action in your tutorials are spot on.
-Roy-
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CassiOfTroy
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Roy, your feedback and contributions are always so very helpful.
Balancing the scale is an ongoing activity.
Honestly, I do not think that it is ever really equally balanced.
Some days it is more of one thing and less of another.
That is why planning is important and prioritising critical.
Do not neglect your family and loved ones.
Your dog knows that he is getting less than he usually does.
My way of addressing that is involving my dog and my daughter in my breaks and doing something fun with them for 10-20 minutes then, back to work for a bit.
They really feel included then. 🙂
Instinctively, you will know.
Cassi
Balancing the scale is an ongoing activity.
Honestly, I do not think that it is ever really equally balanced.
Some days it is more of one thing and less of another.
That is why planning is important and prioritising critical.
Do not neglect your family and loved ones.
Your dog knows that he is getting less than he usually does.
My way of addressing that is involving my dog and my daughter in my breaks and doing something fun with them for 10-20 minutes then, back to work for a bit.
They really feel included then. 🙂
Instinctively, you will know.
Cassi
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