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Reputation Professor on Jun 26th 2009
Are You Delighting in Distractions?
By W. Alan Hickman
Article suggested by Janet Schlarbaum
We are more attractive when we plan for distractions.
On your way to accomplishing your targets, it is important to plan for and manage the distractions that will likely occur in your life and your businesses.
I have an author friend who said, in the midst of a distraction filled day, “I have so many distractions I can’t live my life.” To which I responded, “Jack, all those distractions, they are your life.” Changing the way we think about distractions can alter how often they show up and how they affect us.
“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” — James Allen
One new way of thinking about distractions is that they are simply small delays or rest-stops on your path to achieving your targets and opportunities for growth.
If you do not expect and plan for the likelihood of interruptions and distractions, when they do occur, they often appear as catastrophes and breakdowns; major obstacles or roadblocks, splitting your energy and preventing or stopping you from achieving your sales and marketing targets.
Distractions in essence are neither good or bad and they come in many forms.
* Taking a vacation or time to rest.
* Bringing a new employee up-to-speed.
* The resignation of a key employee.
* Physical illnesses or computer viruses.
* Tension between co-workers.
Take a moment now to consider and list the types of distractions you have experienced in the past that could possibly occur again in the future. This list, by it’s very nature, may be exactly what you need to stay clear and focused through the next distraction.
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