10 Tips on How to Focus

Written by Kimberly Wells


10 Proven Tips on How To Focus

#1: Exercise is Brainpower

Can't concentrate onrepparttar task at hand? Take a brisk walk aroundrepparttar 103835 block. Even just five to ten minutes of moderate exercise will give yourepparttar 103836 boost you need to work for a little while longer.

#2: Thinking Aboutrepparttar 103837 Outdoors?

Too nice outside? Can't wait to get out ofrepparttar 103838 office? Take a ten-minute break to go outside, sit inrepparttar 103839 sun and breathe inrepparttar 103840 fresh air. When you return to your desk you should haverepparttar 103841 spark you need to get through repparttar 103842 next few hours.

#3: Can't Decide Where to Start?

Make a list of everything you want to do. This takes awayrepparttar 103843 stress and worry about forgetting something, and you may find that your list isn't as long as you imagined it to be.

#4: Can't Decide What to do Next?

Make a list of everything you have to or want to do. Delegate or dump what you can and cross it off your list. Circlerepparttar 103844 things you absolutely must get done, and checkrepparttar 103845 things you would like to get done. Pick one of your circled items and start there. Once you've gone throughrepparttar 103846 circled items you can hitrepparttar 103847 checked items.

#5: Avoiding A Task You Despise?

Some days mowingrepparttar 103848 lawn or working on a report just isn't appealing. Set a timer and commit to working on your chosen task wholeheartedly until repparttar 103849 timer goes off. Depending on your task, you may choose to set your timer for 15, 20, 30, 45, or 60 minutes. Come back torepparttar 103850 task later for another round.

#6: Having a Hard Time Getting Started?

As many people say, you can do anything for 15 minutes. Set a timer for 15 minutes, and give your project your all. Oncerepparttar 103851 timer goes off, you may choose to stop. Sometimes you'll find that justrepparttar 103852 momentum of getting started is enough to stick with it until you're finished.

#7: Overwhelmed by Your To-Do List?

Many people like to create weekend to-do lists, but atrepparttar 103853 start of a lovely Saturday morning,repparttar 103854 combination of a free day and long list can be overwhelming. Assign an estimated time value to each of your projects. Then number them randomly to staggerrepparttar 103855 time spent on each item. As you go through your list, 15 minutes of vacuuming becomes a nice break to 30 minutes of changingrepparttar 103856 oil in your car, which is a nice change of pace from your two-hour painting project. Before you know it, you're done!



The “SEVEN Cs”: Partnership Danger Signs - Communication Breakdown

Written by Dorene Lehavi


An ongoing series of articles exploringrepparttar seven critical areas that can indicate a partnership is in trouble. COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN The "Seven Cs" arerepparttar 103834 danger signs that indicate your business partnership, or any partnership for that matter, is in trouble. First, and most important, in my view, isrepparttar 103835 issue of Communication Breakdown. Although my list of Seven C's refers torepparttar 103836 danger signs that partnerships are in trouble,repparttar 103837 fact is that communication breakdowns abound in all relationships. Sometimes they are serious leading to downward spiraling such as in business partnerships and marriages whererepparttar 103838 stats of breakup are astronomical. Other times they are simple miscommunications of lesser impact that don't negatively affectrepparttar 103839 relationship. As an experienced listener, sometimes I smile when I happen to hear people answerrepparttar 103840 question they think they heard and be replied to as if they answeredrepparttar 103841 question that was asked. A recipe for trouble. Thenrepparttar 103842 conversation twists and turns and no one isrepparttar 103843 wiser (but me!). What can you do to avoid these breakdowns? First and foremost be committed to open listening. Honestly, you don't have to be right allrepparttar 103844 time. Others have worthwhile opinions too. Don't set yourself up to judge. Put your agenda aside. You can always embrace it later. Allowrepparttar 103845 possibility that you have something to learn from someone else. Often what happens is that you may rejectrepparttar 103846 idea expressed but it triggers yet another idea and another. Before you know it you've both expanded your options and have created new and exciting possibilities. Or you have respectfully listened to each other's viewpoints and feelings or clearedrepparttar 103847 air about something which needed to occur before moving on torepparttar 103848 business itself.

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