Are You Having Trouble Focusing? These Simple Strategies Will Help
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We’ve surveyed and assessed more than 35,000 leaders from thousands of companies across more than 100 countries, and found that 73% of leaders feel distracted from their current task either “some” or “most” of the time. We also found that 67% of leaders describe their minds as cluttered, which means
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- We’ve surveyed and assessed more than 35,000 leaders from thousands of companies across more than 100 countries, and found that 73% of leaders feel distracted from their current task either “some” or “most” of the time.
- We also found that 67% of leaders describe their minds as cluttered, which means they have a lot of thoughts and a lack of clear priorities.
- As a result, 65% of respondents fail to complete their tasks.
- The biggest sources of distraction are: demands of other people (26%); competing priorities (25%); general distractions (13%); and too big of a workload (12%). Not surprisingly, 96% of leaders we surveyed said that “enhanced focus” would be valuable or extremely valuable.
- In fact, in our ten years of experience, we have observed a direct correlation between a person’s focus level and their career advancement.
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