The document provides tips and advice for managing focus and attention in the workplace and personal life. It discusses the importance of focus and managing attention at any given moment. It also provides various tips for minimizing distractions and prioritizing tasks, including practicing selectivity and focusing on the most important 20% of tasks.

1. It’s all about you!

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3. “ By the early 1990’s most post-industrialized nations will have a four day work week, increased leisure time, and a paperless environment.” 1979 Pam Vaccaro

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11. Evolution of the “distracted society”

12. Zen saying: “ This being the case, how shall I move forward?”

13. Slack! Real Change 1

14. Real Change 2

15. “ A D D”

16. “ F D D”

17. F ocus D eficit D isorder

18. The word “ focus ? ”

19. We do not manage time. We can only manage our attention. At any given moment, we choose how to focus our attention.

20. Choose to Focus Real Change 3

21. The important time-attention-focus perspective. Time Attention Focus

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25. www.gethuman.com Tip

26. Best practices for managing your focus of attention!

27. “ I’m waiting for Block of Time . ” Myth

28. Snippets of Time! Tip 4

29. Pam Vaccaro’s quick-tip favorites.. voice mail to transcript. www.Jott.com Free ? Tip www.copytalk.com fee

30. Reconsider multi-tasking. Tip 5

31. CFIT

32. CFIT -- Controlled Flight into Terrain Pilots engaged in an alternate activity.

33. Check for Accuracy Who? What? When?

34. Can I get it all done? Mastering the art of selectivity….

35. Vilfredo Pareto wisdom! Real Change 80/20 6

36. 20%

37. 20%

38. 80%

39. Don’t do it. Do it and don’t whine.

40. Two Kinds of Whine Cheap whine! Fine whine

41. Don’t do it. Do it and don’t whine. Question/Negotiate/Think Tip

42. 80%

43. 20%

44. 15=8 Tip 7

45. Plan by the week Adjust by the day Discern hourly Real Change

46. Be a Planner…then buy one if you need one! Tip

48. “ It does not matter if you have the latest technology. If you don’t practice good planning, you remain ineffective at a faster speed.” Pam Vaccaro 2005

50. Best practices for keeping your focus of attention when you are not the only one on the planet!

51. Interruption?

52. Interruption? An opportunity to question your current set of priorities… Tip 10

53. 1 = 4 ½ Tip

54. Two things everyone wants to know plus 1 What are you going to do for me? When are you going to do it? Give an update if possible. Tip 11

55. Email considered the #1 loss of productivity in the workplace.

56. Make good use of the subject line. Use (EOM) Tip

57. The single best tip that is rarely acted on by conference participants….. Take one or two or more of these ideas back to your colleagues and intentionally implement them. Creating a more focused work place.

58. Work-Life Balance

59. Work-Life Balance

60. What assumptions create the myth? There needs to be equal time for work and life. Work is not “life.” We wait for “life” while we work. “ I just need to know the right time management tools.”

61. Dr. Michael Fossel

62. 7 ways to say “no” and still feel like a decent hospice professional! Flat “NO” Nice “NO” Conditional “NO” Considered “NO” (No Guts “NO”) Assisted “NO” Negotiated “NO” Tip

63. A simple philosophy for decluttering anything in your life!

64. Simplify! Tip

65. . …might need this! . …kids will want this! … .might fit again! . …might be sued!

66. … fit? … use? … place? … love you back? Don Aslett ..Lose 200 lbs. This Weekend

69. Disappearance of the dining room table.

70. September 22, 2008 (Last Monday in September) “ Family Day--A day to eat dinner with your children.” Nat. Center on Alcohol and Substance Abuse

71. October: National “Communicate with your Children” Month

72. Never underestimate the power of the “dining room table.” Real Change

73. Return to “Nice!” Real Change

74. Thank You