Today, everyone is harried - and it’s no wonder. We get bombarded with more information in a day than our ancestors got in a lifetime. Advances in technology and innovation connect us to the world’s nearly 7 billion inhabitants. We’re exposed to exabytes of...
Four Exercises to Increase Focus
Multitasking is a productivity pitfall. We all know it, but we just can’t seem to break the habit. We are so ingrained with the idea of needing to get numerous things done at once that in order to stop multitasking we actually have to recondition our brains. We have...
The ONE Thing Re-ups Students’ Energy, Focus
The counterbalance battle often begins sooner than we think. And, it’s never too early to take control of your future. That’s what students are saying this fall about the lessons learned in The ONE Thing. “As a college student, there is always something to do,” says...
Juggling Too Many Balls
From the outside, a circus could seem like the most unfocused arena that ever existed. Picture a melting pot of mismatched oddities all performing at the same time. The dream of distraction… in living color. But, P.T. Barnum, the father of the modern-day circus,...
Five Reasons Multitasking Makes You Less Effective
Many pride themselves on taking a conference call while perusing their inbox and texting their son; talking to a coworker while putting the finishing touch on that report and listening to the latest podcast; and making dinner while they ask their spouse about her day,...