Focusing at work

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Focusing is a natural way of listening to your mind and body at a deep wisdom level. Focusing has brought in my experiences tremendous results and help fixed problems and resolved challenges.

By Emile Fakhoury
We are faced with various tasks part of life and work, and we must deal with deadlines and commitments made.  Focusing rather than multitasking will bring us efficient and complete results that help us perform and excel in our jobs and life.

We are faced with various tasks part of life and work, and we must deal with deadlines and commitments made.  Focusing rather than multitasking will bring us efficient and complete results that help us perform and excel in our jobs and life.

I wanted to share a few tips to help you ensure that focusing is your style that you adapt for success:

1. Eliminate distractions and reduce multitasking:

Schedule your tasks so you can plan your work and avoid disturbances. Stop performing multiple activities simultaneously, as it will reduce your efficiency and productivity. Lower productivity can lead to burnout.

2. Exercise, Eat, and Sleep cycle:

-Exercise can turn your life around. Exercise doesn’t mean you need not go to the gym daily and do heavy weight; activity keeps you active, like walking, jogging, running, swimming, and doing things you enjoy.

-Eat well to moderate your blood sugar, maintain energy, and fuel the brain. Fruits, vegetables, and high fiber/protein foods can keep your blood sugar levels even and keep you healthy.

-Sleep sufficiently to remove toxins from your body and revitalize your system.

3. Connect with nature:

-Look at nature and how it connects with itself in harmony. Research has found that even having plants in office spaces can help increase concentration and productivity, workplace satisfaction, and better air quality.

-Listen to music that you like to bring peace and harmony to yourself.  Music has therapeutic effects on our brains. Chose the theme to help you to concentrate better, and mind the music that may distract you

-Set a daily priority to complete your tasks. You must plan your lessons and identify the importance needed that you commit to accomplishing. This will help focus your brain on what matters and what you can control.

4. Train your brain and Practice mindfulness:

Focus on the task, mind the time needed to complete the job but don’t overthink and stress. Feed your brain by reading articles, learning new ideas, be open-minded.

It will increase your brainpower and relieve your daily stress.

Focus on the moment. Do not overthink the past. Do not overthink the future. Train your mind to be present now.

Once these skills are learned and acquired, focusing can become a resource when you want to be self-aware, with your readiness and the wisdom that your body and mind can give you.

Focusing permits you to:

  • Understand your passion and what you are genuinely feeling.
  • Surmount obstacles and resolve problems creatively.
  • Become more self-aware and caring to yourself and others.
  • Become more effective and productive.

Being focused is undoubtedly going to make you more controlled in your life.

It would be best if you remembered that you must sustain your focus to become more productive and achieve your goals. Ultimately, you will get better opportunities and be more satisfied with your choices and life.

Your commitment will determine the benefits you will experience; You become what you focus on in your career and life.

 

Emile Fakhoury

Corporate Expert Writer, Business Professional in Energy/Water/Oil/Gas, Specialist in Coaching/Training, Association of Project Management UK Fellow Member. The professional who believes that adaptation to various social or corporate environments is the only way to survive and strive. Master the rules of the game in order to reach the top and change the rules.
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