Mental focus

This past week, Seth Godin blogged about how we should start the workday.

Seth’s point was that we’re better off starting the day focused on our priorities than by reacting to those of others (found in the emails, websites, etc.), where we most commonly start the day. In other words, pursue your goals when your energy and creativity are highest: the start of the day.

Seth’s point addresses timing. I recently wrote about the effect of surroundings on our thinking. Both address the quality of our thought, but what about quantity of thought?

As thinking professionals, we need to consider not only when and where we do our best thinking, but also how to sustain the act of thinking. How do we ensure the myriad sources of distraction (email being public enemy number one) are kept at bay, as much as is practically possible, so we can make the most of our mental abilities?

The answer will be different for each of us, although none will be terribly complicated.

What’s most important is that we have an answer, an approach. What’s yours?

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