So you walk to kitchen and you grab yourself a coffee, probably turn TV on for your daily burst of news or weather and computer on to check if any of your friends have sent you pictures of their new dog. Today, weather is warm and cloudy, so when you can finally manage to get dressed, you decide on a shirt and jeans. There's a bit of news, your team won last night - that's what office will be talking about. And you have an email from your Aunt Jemima with some pictures of her hoiday.

Now, imagine for one second, Imagine you didn't need to turn TV on to check weather. Imagine you could open your eyes and when you walked into kitchen you get your much needed caffiene and you could instantly know what weather's like and what clothes you need to wear.

Imagine if you didnt need to turn on TV to find out if there was news on your team, your local area or any other thing. You could walk through your house knowing that your team won last night.

Ironically, I have observed that when my coaching clients set clear parameters at work to enable them to achieve what they perceive to be personal goals, there is a profoundly positive impact on their focus, productivity and satisfaction at work.

One leader whom I coach (we’ll call her Kelly) has recently achieved fantastic improvements in her clarity and effectiveness at work. She started by simply making one small personal commitment. Kelly decided that one day a week she would commit to taking her daughter to an after-school activity that was very important to her. She began to structure her work day in such a way that she would be set-up for success in meeting this commitment. Being someone who is highly responsible to others, this led to keeping commitments to finish initiatives at work in time to leave office. She found herself working in a more focused way. She was energized by knowing that she would be meeting a commitment to her family, instead of wasting energy worrying about whether she should stay at work or attend after-school activity. For one day each week, decision had already been made. This became parameter and work simply had to fit in to time allotted for that one day a week.