Comments on: Attention: Put Success in Your Way

By: Jean Wise

Jean Wise — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:48:16 +0000

How interesting to see this in this way: Decisions are distractions. I know I am mindless is many of my poorer decision – eating, being lazy for example. not good decisions. I tend to find the easy and convenient at time. The harder often better decisions take effort, energy and attention no wonder they distract me. Never consider them distractions before . I will have to ponder that.

By: David

David — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 12:27:11 +0000

Love the idea of putting our laziness to work! Your graphic reminds me of a rule I have, which is that my daily TODO list should never have more than six items, ideally 3-5. More than that and the effects on your list come into play.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:15:19 +0000

Thank you for sharing this very good resource, Lisa. I like the 3 core elements used to make decisions simpler. I think, like willpower, attention itself is a limited resource. Even adults have attention spans, which can be affected by a lot of things, including our mood, how tired we are, and how much emotional capital we have invested in the situation.

By: Michele Morin

Michele Morin — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:41:21 +0000

I think I actually do some of these little hacks in my writing and mum tasks. ANYTHING to expedite progress!

By: Barbara Harper

Barbara Harper — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 20:08:39 +0000

This sounds so practical and useful. As Martha said, it sounds like it dovetails nicely with Don’t Overthink It.

By: Jeanne Takenaka

Jeanne Takenaka — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 19:24:20 +0000

This sounds like a great book, Lisa. I like practical books like what this sounds like. I have said no to a number of activities to open up time to do what I feel are the most important things right now. Not that distractions don’t crowd out some of my time, but I’m working on that too. 🙂

By: Martha J Orlando

Martha J Orlando — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:21:05 +0000

Sounds like another winner of a book, Lisa. Kind of reminds me of what we are reading in “Don’t Overthink It.” Is that a great read, or what?
Blessings!

By: Andrew Budek-Schmeisser

Andrew Budek-Schmeisser — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:06:48 +0000

Success here is not measured
by completin’ what I’m tryin’,
but rather, how life’s treasured
in the process of my dyin’.
Cancer has seen fit to mark
this week with body-blows,
and every day I jump the shark,
but everybody knows
that the sands of life are running
far to fast to stop,
and not even all my cunning
(at which, ahem…I’m tops!)
can move my fate’s huge deadly heft,
so I need love what I have left.