The Ultimate Project Management Tool
Pay Attention.
That’s it.
Pay Attention.
Your tools often do no more than help you pay attention. They manage the details for you.
Sometimes it becomes too easy to let the tools do all the work for you.
It is often hard to explain to someone what paying attention is really all about.
Here are some hints:
- Listen hard. Don’t analyze what you hear, just listen without letting your mind wander. Hear every word.
- Look hard. At the slides, the speaker, the document you are reading. Again, don’t let your mind wander.
- If you are on a phone call, stand up or walk around rather than sitting. Listen hard.
- If you are in a meeting, stand up if you can do it without causing too much of a stir. Listen and look hard.
The benefits of paying attention include:
- Coming away with a better understanding of the situation or information.
- Being quicker to react to critical information as you hear it or see it.
Paying attention, hard, is something you just have to try in order to understand the benefits. It is actually not easy to do this for a whole hour long meeting for example. I’d suggest you try it for a short period of time – maybe just five minutes to start.
Another benefit is many people will notice that you are paying attention, hard, to what they are communicating. That will often help you gain their attention, in turn, for things you need.
Paying attention is one of those simple things. Everyone thinks they are already paying attention. Just give it a try, hard, for five minutes the next time you have something you really want to follow and understand. I think you will see an immediate benefit.
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