How are you? Busy? I can relate. But there are two kinds of “busy.” Which one are you? There was a recent New York Times essay (The Busy Trap) about people who are anxious and unhappy because of the demands on their time. It describes people who seem overscheduled and...
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Tip for Effective Attention Management: Take a vacation
(A version of this article was recently published in the Austin Business Journal. Below I’ll cover some of the high points of that piece.) Think you don’t have time to take a vacation? Think you can’t afford it? Think again. Recent studies make a convincing argument...
Comments on NY Times Article: The Workplace Benefits of Being Out of Touch
The recent article in the New York Times, “The Workplace Benefits of Being Out of Touch” was thought provoking. It can be a challenge to unplug from email, but I realized that the behavior described in the article is based on two large assumptions. First, the article...
Temporary Imbalance
I haven't had much balance in my life lately. It's pretty much been "all writing all the time," in order to get my book done and meet my publisher's deadlines. And when I wasn't writing, I was doing my best to keep up with my clients and the rest of my business. My...
Learning to Control Your Attention
Much of my work in the last 18 months or so has focused on educating people about the benefits and the processes to control their attention. I've written about it on this blog many times (Welcome to the Attention Age, What Martial Arts Teaches Me About Productivity...
