During a job search there are days when focus is hard to achieve and your search slows down or stops, we all have those days. Those days can impact your attitude, your focus, your workflow and the pace of your search.
You know the days I am referring to – don’t you?
YES, those days were you wander from your email, to LinkedIn, follow a link, read an article, listen to an interesting podcast, sign up for a free webinar, talk to friends on the phone, watch TV, or YouTube and then before you know it the day is gone and it is 6:15pm. Your family is home and there are more distractions.
Here are a couple of ways to avoid the lack of focus. Create practical plan and time within the plan for focus and to get you on track and moving forward.
Plan your search. Create a plan for your day and your week. This really helps on those days when feel lost or frustrated and you don’t know what to do or where to start.
When those days come, you look at your plan and do the tasks on your plan. Just get the job done; doing what is on your plan helps you focus and continue to move forward. If you don’t do what is on your plan, you may be consumed with distractions, lack of focus, and the result is you find yourself wasting the day.
Then there are also those days that when there is consistent string of interruptions to your work flow. For each interruption it can take you 10 to 15 minutes to return to the task at hand in a productive manner. The time you waste due to interruptions can be massive and the impact on your focus is dreadful.
Here is how to create space for focus and avoid this consistent time waste of those days within your plan. Choose specific hours of your workday as your uninterrupted time. Block the time as an appointment with yourself on your calendar. Don’t schedule other appointments or calls during that time. Each day during this time turn off the communication tools and all distractions, email, phones, chat, text, etc. Educate your family and friends that you may not be interrupted during this time.
Each day during this time work on one thing and one thing only that will accelerate your search until that one thing is complete. My bet is you will be amazed at your productivity increase and what you can achieve in a short time. It works for me. Try it. Then let me know how it goes.
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