The High Cost of Continuous Partial Attention
Always being on. Anywhere, anytime, any place. Former Microsoft executive, Linda Stone, refers to this as “continuous partial attention.” According to Linda, continuous partial attention is
Always being on. Anywhere, anytime, any place. Former Microsoft executive, Linda Stone, refers to this as “continuous partial attention.” According to Linda, continuous partial attention is
A survey of millions of American workers conducted by the Gallup Corporation discovered that 65% of them received no praise or recognition for the work
Traditional time management says this: Do you have 10 things to do today? I can show you how to do 15. Do you have 15
I was working with a client recently putting the final touches on a quarterly sales contest he was conducting with his team. We noticed from
The word customer is, perhaps, the most important word in the language of business. Without customers, we don’t have a business. Or if we have
A great irony about vision is that it’s born, not on the mountaintop, but in the valley; not in the light, but in the darkness.
Contrary to what popular psychology proclaims, we must know our weaknesses and know them well. Don’t let anyone else tell you otherwise. Why? First, so
The sun is a powerful source of energy. Billions of kilowatts of light pour from this star at the center of our solar system. A
We’ve all been taught from childhood that patience is a virtue. I can’t tell you how many times I was told as a kid to
My favorite scene from one of my favorite movies, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, takes place takes below deck in the
Accountability is all the rage these days. Everywhere you turn, in both the public and the press, people are asking for greater accountability. The salacious
In my first year of consulting, I was asked to coach an executive director of a local non-profit organization. In meeting with him for the
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