Focus
Strengthen Your Ability to Focus with Meditation
As I was preparing to write this post, I just happened to get an email from the app Coach.me that began: “Lack of focus is the single biggest killer of your productivity. Meditation is the solution.” That pretty much summarizes the theme of this post. In a previous article, we discussed the central role that…
Read MoreFocus Enemy #3: Overwhelm (and 4 Tips to Regain Control)
I’d been looking forward to this day for over a year. Last week, it finally arrived. I’d been trying to create some space in my schedule for large blocks of uninterrupted time to focus exclusively on the things I want and need to do to build my writing/coaching business. As I finished up one last medical writing assignment, I…
Read MoreThe Limelight Effect: Are You the Captain of Your Fate? Or the Victim of Fate?
Have you ever had one of those moments when you read or heard something, and all of a sudden everything made sense? Like the mystery of the universe, or at least your universe, finally revealed itself? I had one of those moments recently when I was reading the book “Succeeding When You’re Supposed to Fail…
Read MoreFocus Enemy #2 – Electronic Distractions
Recently I was thinking back on how much simpler life was when I was growing up, before the days of personal computers much less smart phones. Maybe I’m just at that stage in life where you start to get nostalgic about the way things used to be, but it seems like it was a lot…
Read MoreFocus Enemy #1: Multitasking
When your to-do list is overflowing, the idea of knocking out several things at the same time sounds really appealing, right? It seems like it should be the most efficient way to use our limited time. I know I fall for this argument regularly. In college I used to study while I was watching TV,…
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