{"id":743,"date":"2011-12-06T05:01:05","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T10:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/?p=743"},"modified":"2011-11-13T08:39:14","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T13:39:14","slug":"creating-space-for-focus-to-accelerate-your-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/creating-space-for-focus-to-accelerate-your-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Space for Focus to Accelerate Your Search"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.\u00a0 Those days can impact your attitude, your focus, your workflow and the pace of your search.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You know the days I am referring to – don\u2019t you?\u00a0<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 Your family is home and there are more distractions.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of ways to avoid the lack of focus.\u00a0 Create practical plan and time within the plan for focus and to get you on track and moving forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Plan your search.\u00a0 Create a plan for your day and your week.\u00a0 This really helps on those days when feel lost or frustrated and you don\u2019t know what to do or where to start.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When those days come, you look at your plan and do the tasks on your plan.\u00a0 Just get the job done; doing what is on your plan helps you focus and continue to move forward.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n

Then there are also those days that when there is consistent string of interruptions to your work flow.\u00a0 For each interruption it can take you 10 to 15 minutes to return to the task at hand in a productive manner.\u00a0 The time you waste due to interruptions can be massive and the impact on your focus is dreadful. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here is how to create space for focus and avoid this consistent time waste of those days within your plan.\u00a0 Choose specific hours of your workday as your uninterrupted time.\u00a0 Block the time as an appointment with yourself on your calendar. \u00a0Don\u2019t schedule other appointments or calls during that time. \u00a0Each day during this time turn off the communication tools and all distractions, email, phones, chat, text, etc.\u00a0 Educate your family and friends that you may not be interrupted during this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Each day during this time work on one thing and one thing only that will accelerate your search until that one thing is complete.\u00a0 My bet is you will be amazed at your productivity increase and what you can achieve in a short time.\u00a0 It works for me.\u00a0 Try it.\u00a0 Then let me know how it goes.<\/p>\n

Have a comment, thought or tip to share?\u00a0 Post it below.<\/p>\n

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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.\u00a0 Those days can impact your attitude, your focus, your workflow and the pace of your search.\u00a0 You know the days I am referring to – don\u2019t you?\u00a0 YES, those days […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,7],"tags":[9,5,10],"class_list":["post-743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-tips","category-job-search-focus","tag-accelerate-your-search","tag-focus","tag-job-search"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}