Effectiveness Deficit DisorderManaging the cost of

distraction

Lyon~S Focus

Short Term Focus=Concentration"Concentration is the key to economic results. No other

principle of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of concentration.“ Peter Drucker

You can’t start concentrating until you’ve stopped getting distracted

Long Term Focus = Purpose

Focused Goals

Concentration+Purpose=FLOW

Flow; to proceed or be produced smoothly, continuously and effortlessly

Attention

concentration and purpose.

The Trouble With Multitasking

50% less valuable

50% longer to finish

ALERT!

FIND & EXECUTE

DISENGAGE

ALERT!

FIND & EXECUTE DISENGAGE

ALERT!

FIND & EXECUTE

DISENGAGE

Reactive Task Mis-Management

Sources

Channels

You

Reactive Task Management

“It’s not the load that breaks you,

It’s how you carry it.” Lena Horne

Focused Goals

Proactive Task Management

The Secret

Proactive Tasks80%

Reactive Tasks 20%

Reactive tasks will make you a living, proactive tasks will make you successful

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Reactive tasks: Those that are driven by others.

Proactive tasksThose that are driven by your Focused Goals

Focused Flow Chart For Email

1. Is this email relevant?Yes No

2. Can I solve this?Yes No

3. Will it take less than 2 minutes?

Yes No

The Value of DistractionDistraction is natural, fun, valuable. What’s

needed is balance: conscious, purposeful balance.