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Focus Matters at Work: Enhancing Concentration and Productivity

Learn how to improve focus, concentration, and organization at work. Find strategies to overcome distractions, enhance awareness, and maintain peak performance. Understand the importance of attention and learn practical ways to stay focused throughout your workday. This guide covers topics such as mental health, cognitive strategies, and productivity techniques to help you succeed in your professional endeavors. Contact Dee Dee Scharf, PhD, LMHC, CRC for personalized assistance.

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Focus Matters at Work: Enhancing Concentration and Productivity

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  1. Focus Mattersin Work Dee DeeScharf, PhD, LMHC, CRC

  2. Distractions……

  3. Mind Attention Focus Concentration Organization Preparation. Awareness Alert Distracted Detoured Disorganized Tangential Cirumstantial Denial Naïve Lazy Apathetic

  4. Language and Semantics….. Focus in …… focus out……focus on….. The word “Focus” in “Focus Matters at Work” Verb Adjective This makes “matters” the verb….. Mattering matters!!! • The act of focusing…. • Read as instruction or directive: • Focus better or more

  5. an earthquake's underground point of origin or hypocenter Focus a concept referring to the way information in one phrase relates to information that has come before a point toward which light rays are made to converge Concentration on a defined phenomenon while filtering and ignoring other environmental stimuli Wikipedia

  6. Am-ing • Discard “Should have….Would have…..Could have….. • I am………. • I Want……. • Discard Wishing……..adopt Hope

  7. Spirit • Hope • Visualize • Keep your eyes straight ahead, always…..on the light…..the horizon • Hold the helm, the plow and don’t look back…… • Faith Points • Power • Freedom

  8. Body • Engaging the Senses • Hands • Feet • Eyes • Ears • Voice • Taste • Smell • Active/Movement • Rest/sleep • Breath • Nutrition

  9. Heart The Heart learns a DIFFERENT WAY

  10. Applied….. • Be all of YOU NOT JUST THE WORKER PART OF YOU….. • Evaluative • Work: Skills, Abilities, Interests, Achievement, Intelligence, etc • Mental Health • Anxiety, ADD, Depression, Grief, Thought Disorders

  11. Applied….. • DSM IV, DSM V, Medical Model….. • Observations • Surveys • Tap Tests • Medications • Insurances

  12. Synchronicity as strategy • Rhythms of Attention: Much to Consider • Cultural: Work, Social, Familial, Avocational • Individual • Time….. • Chunking • Daring • Play • Energy

  13. Contact Me

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