Forbes Coaches Council
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15 Strategies For Business Owners To Conquer Distractions And Stay Focused
As an owner, running your own business can feel like a 24/7 job that requires your undivided attention, especially when you’re wearing multiple operational “hats.” Finding and maintaining the focus you need to accomplish your goals can be a challenge when you face constant disruptions.
Rather than allow yourself to be steered off-course, check out the advice below from members of Forbes Coaches Council. Here, 15 members offer their top tips for staying focused on the bigger picture and your primary business objectives in the midst of the many distractions that can interrupt a business owner’s life on a day-to-day basis.
1. Differentiate Between Attention And Awareness
Business owners should understand the difference between attention and awareness. Attention is focusing on what is inside or looking within. Awareness follows from the focusing of that attention. Looking and seeing are two different things. You may look but not see. Cultivating this awareness through deep internal attention can allow business leaders to remain mindful. - Gamini Hewawasam, ManoLead NFP
2. Meet With Yourself
Set up a regular meeting with yourself. Many business owners find they are “always on” for their customers, vendors and employees, overlooking that they are their business’s most important stakeholder. Meetings with oneself are a helpful alternative to focused time blocking. - Joyce Talag, Joyful Transformations LLC
3. Practice Being Mindful
Develop your ability to be mindfully present, whatever you are doing. Stay away from multitasking as well as you can, and take some time for mindfulness practice on a daily basis. It’s the “muscle” you need to develop to stay focused regardless of how much noise there is around you. - Thomas Gelmi, Movadis AG