Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Distractions Everywhere

I often get distracted. I don't mean a few times a day, I mean many times an hour.

There can be a few reasons for this:
1) Concussion- My concussion in the Summer of 2015 has had many effects on my life, and short term memory loss could be one of them. I don't believe this is the case however for a variety of reasons I won't get into here;
2) Technology- Plenty has been written about the technology's effects on cognition;
3) Genetics- My mother always complained that she was so interested in so many things that she didn't focus in depth on any one thing;
4) Boredom- I am going with this one, primarily because I have observed that when I choose to focus, there is no issue with distraction whatsoever.

So if I am choosing to NOT focus, is that because I don't know what to focus on? Or because I don't want to focus on what I should focus on?

I feel as though I know what to focus on- that's pretty simple:

  1. My health (eating right);
  2. My family
  3. New business


So then I am choosing not to focus on the items that are clearly defined. That says all sorts of bad things I am sure.

Speaking of new business, a few ideas and some meaningful action this week. Some of this success comes from a change in strategy.

In the past, I would come up with a plan, get all my ducks in a row and only then make progress. Instead, I am going to take a two pronged approach-- make meaningful progress while a plan is being made. Wish me luck.

Goals for today:

  1. No added sugar;
  2. 2 hours of billable time;
  3. 30 minutes of reading;
  4. Frank conversation with Donavon about missing deadlines 

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