The current pandemic represents a significant distraction for everyone. Pandemic related stories have pushed virtually everything else that is newsworthy aside.
From experience I have found the best results, those achieved most efficiently and of the highest quality are derived from being the center of our interest or activity (i.e., the focus).
Prioritize
Even with lots of serious highly and impactful events going on around us, being able to concentrate and act on whats really important is a best practice.
Dealing with more than one task at time can result in the spreading of your attention to an extent that although everything might get addressed, important aspects could be overlooked leading to mistakes.
Perhaps surprising, as well, studies haves shown multitasking can actually result with more overall effort being expended than if each task was addressed separately although overall duration is greater.
Distractions
Recognizing distractions and allocating appropriate attention to them lets you ensure your focus is on the things that matter most at that point in time.
Things that don’t require your immediate attention, albeit worrisome and nagging at you, rising to that call for attention could easily negatively impact the effectiveness of resolving your priorities.
That is, the things that provide the greatest value at any point in time are the things that are bested served by getting our prime focus.
Pay Attention
If you recognize yourself trying to pay full attention to multiple things concurrently, press the pause button. Think it through. What can I change and what is largely out of my control.? What should I focus on? Answer the question and act accordingly.
