Trying To Focus Within The Reality Distortion Field

Reading ‘Coaching for Performance’ tonight and valiantly trying to avoid the black-hole level gravity field of the US Election 2008 blanket coverage on all media channels. Mary T. covered a lot of this coaching material on Saturday, and so I am getting a strong sense of deja-vu, which is not helping the old concentration. I shall soldier on...

Going On My Information Diet

I am busily unsubscribing from all of my (quite substantial list of) podcasts. I will not be listening to any of those on my daily commutes any more. I am ring-fencing those hours for MA time. It is five hours of uninterrupted attention every week and undoubtedly will become essential. Hacking all of the distractions out of my content stream is another step in managing my attention. One unanticipated positive impact of the MA Programme shall be that I am going to have to break all of my media-diet habits. I hope to rationalise and manage what content I allow back into my time and attention when (and if) I revisit those next year when the Masters is complete.

In Training

I am currently reading ‘Bit Literacy’ by Mark Hurst. I imagine that I am going to generate a substantial volume of digital files and data over the next twelve months as I engage in the Masters programme. This book is a good refresher on effective life-hacks for managing your digital deluge.

I may also need to re-read David Allen’s ‘Getting Things Done’ as well, as my GTD habits have gotten more than a little lax. Every spare minute is going to count, and I am going to need to have laser-focus on my objectives and to neutralise as many of my distractions as I can.