028- How to Improve Your Focus

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​In this episode, we dive into the universal problem of focus and concentration as it relates to running and building your business.  This is a worldwide epidemic and it's largely self induced!  Businesses lose billions of dollars each year from lack of productivity, low energy, poor decision making and short attention spans all do to lack of focus.  Listen in as Steve Smith and Will Robertson discuss ways to improve focus.

1:15   How does the listener benefit? 
We're going to chat about the areas that affect focus the greatest and give you practical things you can do to improve your focus, thereby improving your ability to get the important things done.
 
2:00   Discussion points: (7:00 mins)

1. Some key statisctics about the loss of productivity due to lack of focus
2. 5 areas that most affect your ability to focus
3. Two of the biggest reasons why distractions are so high.

 
10:00 Tips for improving in this area or overcoming this problem: (8:00 mins)

1. 1.  Start your day in a more mindful state.  Hold off on immediate interaction with digital devises.  Spend time early in reflection and mentally going over your plans for your day.
2. 2.  Take control of your calendar.  Do not let other people block out all your morning time.
3. 3.  Reduce your reliance on meetings.  Schedule shorter, afternoon meetings (20 minutes) and make everyone stand.
4. 4.  Schedule time with yourself to review your future plans and activities and create priority lists that focus on the most important things.
5. 5.  Drink way more water throughout the day.
6. 6.  Balance your eating- less sugar or processes foods, more vitamin enriched stuff.
7. 7.  Get 8 hours of sleep.
8. 8.  Clean up the areas you spent time in the most- office, car, email box, etc

 
17:00 Final Take-aways: (2:00 mins) Recap primary listen benefit
You don't have to fix everything in your business and personal life.  Just take inventory of the areas causing the most problems and pick a few solutions to work on.  Once you feel more in control of your focus, you can tackle other things in your environment.
 
19:00 Closing comments: (show promotion, next episode, events, etc.)
If you go to our blog page on the BW site, you'll find the show notes as well as related articles to read that will help you inprove your focus.
 
20:00 Show ends
 
Resource Information:
https://www.inc.com/magazine/201405/brian-dumaine/how-leaders-focus-with-distractions.html
 
https://www.fastcompany.com/3060388/what-happens-in-your-brain-when-you-lose-focus