How Is Your Focus?

Focus Pocus

I suffer from Shiny Object Syndrome (SOS… how appropriate), so I am easily distracted. I have learned how to cope with my SOS using several different techniques.

Do you have tips and tricks on how to stay focused? I’d love to hear them – please share.

In this week’s VLOG, I share a few tips that work to keep SOS in check and stay on task (and focused).

Thanks for listening.

I’d love to hear what you think. Please take a moment to leave a comment below and share your thoughts and questions. Or, feel free to share what you learned from this video.

Enjoy your day – Susan

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Written by Susan Mershon

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12 Comments

Patricia Marcero on July 30, 2015 at 8:25 pm

Great tips! I am a believer in the ‘Carrot on a stick’ method. I tell myself after I finish whatever task I need to complete I can make a cup of tea or check my SM, etc. It varies based on the length of the task.
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- SE Mershon on August 1, 2015 at 11:02 am
  
  Hi Patricia, great idea, thank you!
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Linda on July 30, 2015 at 3:38 pm

Hi Susan,
Great tips, thank you! I also have SOS and find myself wasting all my “work” time. What I started doing was to go to the link page and just book mark it. Then when I have some “free” time I can go check them out and see if they will work for me.
Just my 2 cents for the day!
Linda – VA to the ResQ
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- SE Mershon on August 1, 2015 at 11:02 am
  
  Hi Linda, thanks for tips 😉
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Mark Hill on July 29, 2015 at 2:11 pm

It might not work for everyone, but regarding scheduling/setting timers/turning down the electronic noise, I actually have a good old fashioned kitchen timer on my desk for setting 15-minute intervals of cleaning out the Inbox or catching up on social media or whatnot. Again, it probably doesn’t work for everyone, but I find the metronomic tic-tic-tic comforting and it doesn’t get any competition from the various “You’ve Got Mail” type of electronic messages which are switched off.
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- SE Mershon on July 29, 2015 at 2:35 pm
  
  Great idea Mark, thank you for the tips.
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MJ Escobar on July 29, 2015 at 12:03 pm

Great tips! Love the video format.
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- SE Mershon on July 29, 2015 at 2:34 pm
  
  Thank you!
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Beth Anne on July 29, 2015 at 11:22 am

I love the tips for scheduling everything from social media, phone calls, to email in the 15 minute chunks. I feel like I get easily distracted when I go to check emails I end up down a rabbit hole of other tasks that I don’t need to be doing.
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- SE Mershon on July 29, 2015 at 11:39 am
  
  Hi Beth Anne, thank you! Email is a huge distraction – I agree. Best to set a schedule to check it a few times a day 😉
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KIm Pratt on July 29, 2015 at 5:59 am

This may sound silly but it helps me to focus when I wear my headphones, even when nothing is coming through them..
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- SE Mershon on July 29, 2015 at 11:10 am
  
  Kim – not at all. I need to have music too in order to stay focused. I might try the headphones when my house gets noisy!
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