Talk to anyone who knows me, and I am sure that one of the things that they will tell you is that I am easily distracted. It is true, I am easily distracted, I would even go so far as to say that I like distractions. But the more that I read, the more I am starting to see that this is not a good way to get where I want to go.

Slow Leadership had a great post on attention, and how important attention is to achieving great things

“Control distractions.

Avoid multitasking like the plague it is.

Pay attention to your attention.

Set priorities and stick to them.
 
Schedule time for thinking and reflection. “ 

 None of this is rocket science. I am probably the worst at taking this advice so I am going to try it for a week and see how it goes Will let you all know!

Filed under: This is cool, Work by Louie Date 30 September, 2007