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Break the Cycle of Stress and Distraction by Using Your Emotional Intelligence
By Kandi Wiens
Being able to focus helps us succeed.1 Whether it’s focusing inward and attuning ourselves to our intuitions and values or outward and navigating the world around us, honing our attention is a valuable asset.
All too often though, our focus and attention get hijacked, leaving us feeling frazzled, forgetful, and unable to concentrate. In my coaching work with executives, these are the kinds of statements I most often hear when they’ve lost their focus (I may have uttered a few of them myself):
- “I feel completely overwhelmed.”
- “My workload is insane, and there’s never enough time to get things done when I’m in meetings and dealing with urgent issues ...
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