Improving Your Focus

Course details

In our hectic world, time management alone doesn't cut it. To truly increase your efficiency, it's crucial that you improve your focus as well as tend to your calendar. In this course, productivity expert and best-selling author Dave Crenshaw helps you develop the survival skills to both avoid daily distractions and stay focused on what's most valuable. Curate your digital and physical space to strengthen concentration, discover ways to keep your mind on task, and protect your relationships—both at work and at home—by focusing on what's most important.

Learning objectives
Discover multiple strategies to improve your focus.
Protect your ability to focus by learning to use technology intelligently.
Analyze how to process new tasks economically.
Avoid distractions in a digital world.
Learn how to make time for others.
Identify how to build a mental firewall to sustain focus.
Define clear boundaries and expectations.
Assess how and when you prioritize tasks.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Learning to improve your focus

1. What Is Focus Management

02 - Tackling the challenge of focus
03 - Understanding the two facets of focus

2. Your Digital Space

04 - Turning notifications off and using your calendar
05 - Timing your activity
06 - Creating a digital-free zone

3. Your Physical Space

07 - Using the inbox and portable inbox
08 - Processing and finding homes
09 - Establishing artifacts
10 - Assembling your tools

4. Your Mind

11 - Redirecting ideas and opportunities
12 - Building a mental firewall
13 - Choosing your areas of focus
14 - Creating a vision

5. Your Time

15 - Building a buffer in your day
16 - Creating your finish line
17 - Increasing your value per hour
18 - Establishing a refocus time

6. Your Relationships

19 - Establishing expectations and boundaries
20 - Setting up a closed door, open calendar policy
21 - Focusing on people
22 - Making time for others

Conclusion

23 - Taking your next steps

Improving Your Focus

Authors

Dave Crenshaw