Attention Advantage
Welcome to the Attention Advantage!
We appreciate your interest in enhancing your focus, minimizing interruptions and distractions, and promoting your mental and physical well-being. Over the next four weeks, we will guide you to think about your life and work in a different way. Through a series of exercises, tools, and tips, you will be challenged to develop new habits and practice new skills. You will discover ways to reduce your dependence on digital distractions, identify sources of interruptions at work, minimize meeting fatigue, and cultivate a greater sense of well-being.
Here are the 3 steps to take today to get started:
Step 1: Watch the introductory video below. Please watch it when you can, and take a moment to quietly consider the content.
Step 2: Enroll in our text messaging portal at the link below to receive your weekly Attention Advantage instructions.
Step 3: Download your Attention Advantage Workbook at the link below.
After completing your 3 steps to start, you will notice a collection of articles and our unique, focused attention audio resources at the bottom of this page. These are resources you can use to supplement your progress as you have time and attention to explore.
STEP 1: Introductory Video
Step 2: Enroll in our text messaging portal.
Text the word ATTENTION to xxx-xxx-xxxx. After doing so, you will immediately receive a welcome message if you are successfully enrolled.
Step 3: Download our Attention Advantage Workbook.
More Resources for Your Journey
Sustaining Progress 2-Week Plan
Now that you have completed the Attention Advantage program, here is a two week program to help you sustain your progress.
Phone Addiction Intervention
The behavioral addictions related to smartphone dependence are on the rise. To assist you in addressing this condition, we have compiled a list of techniques, interventions, and treatments.
When Your Boss Routinely Interrupts
Do you have a boss that routinely interrupts you with urgent matters that aren’t very urgent? It happens.
Here are some thoughts on how to have a conversation with them to put a bit more control in place so you can get work done.
Create a Workflow without Distractions
Finding it hard to complete your work without being distracted? Join the club.
We use a tried and true method called the Pomodoro Technique. We cover the basics here to get you started on removing distractions from your workflow.
Meetings are a Waste of Time. Let’s Fix It!
We are all thinking it, but we stay silent: Meetings are a waste of time.
Here are some thoughts on how you can lead a movement to reduce meetings in your organization.
Your Phubbing is Hurting You and Others
Are you phubbing? If you have a phone in hand, it is quite likely. The impact on your work and family is tragic but totally manageable.
Here is some information on phubbing and what you can do to eliminate it in your life.
Attention Residue is Slowing You Down
Do you find your mind wanders a bit when switching from one task to the next? Yep, we all do. It’s called attention residue.
Learn more about it and how you can manage it in this brief article.
The Smartphone-Centric Lifestyle
We don’t like to admit it, but we know it to be true — our smartphone is a distraction from our work and family. It has become a significant issue in organizations. Leaders must now address the issue.
Here are some powerful statistics and helpful tips to help leaders navigate the change.
My Phone Cost Me My Job
It’s easy to lose track of how much time we spend on our phone at work. It is likely more than you think. In fact, there is an acceleration in the amount of time spent on phones while at work, and a increase in the number of employees that are terminate for reduced productivity, increased errors, and lack of communication.
In this article, we connect the dots to warn you that your phone use may be detrimental to your long term career.
My Phone is My Boss
Who calls the shots in your life? If you are like almost 50% of workers, it’s not your boss, it’s your phone.
In this article we explore the power of your phone to dictate your behaviors — and not in a good way. We also give you some helpful counter-measures to this powerful urge.