Doing so gave me focused time to concentrate, but it also meant that I ended up working longer hours when I was working on special projects.
To ensure a stretch of quiet, focused time to wrap up projects before each week's end, the lively, energetic non-profit has instituted "Thoughtful Thursdays".
First, blocking your calendar will give you a chance to have focused time to work on tasks and move things off your t0-do list.
In fact, I can trace all of my biggest achievements over the past five years to when I had a lot of focused time to think.
If you're a freelancer, consultant, or coach, it might include focused time to work on client projects, but also time to learn new skills or to be inspired by others' work, or to work on your own marketing initiatives.
Duran's answer was that taking time to move would actually result in more focused time to learn.
Interestingly enough, a manager can get more done when they set that focused time to connect with their direct reports, because they can accomplish more through others.
That's when I shifted from focusing on "time" to focusing on "tangible". CEOs and emerging executives dislike a lot of things.
When you know this, you know exactly where to focus your time to increase results.
The group intends to focus time, energy and money on five to seven states, which could include Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Wisconsin and Missouri.
