Focus the Power of Targeted Thinking, Jurgen Wolff
A very useful book that provides an antidote to the crazy business of modern life. An engaging easy to read book full of practical tips on developing a more focussed and productive life.
Chapters cover focus on goals, overcoming barriers to focus, successful time management strategies. The best part of the book is the many practical and fun tools/techniques to make sure you stay focussed on what really matters to you, and deliver to deadlines. You can forget bulky leather bound time management binders. My favorite is the alter-ego strategy, where you can ask Atilla the Hun for ideas on prioritisation!
This is a great introduction to the topic and should be widely applicable to a very wide range of different roles; whether you are a high powered executive dealing with information overload or a hard working parent juggling an overful diary or indeed a pocrastinating author.
Its strength is in describing the focussing strategies, it is perhaps less strong in this reviewer’s eyes on how to set inspirational goals* which should be the source of focus. However, this does not diminsh its value as the book does not set out to be all things to all people, indeed it is focussed in its aim which is what you would expect!
Recommended as a great introduction to the topic.
*For a view on how to set and maintain inspirational goals then this is dealt with fully in our Goal Setting Course.
This book compliments the discussions in the Achieving Focus lesson.
This lesson will help you understand:
The Success Factors for High Achievers
How to Set Inspirational Goals
How to develop Your Own Commitment to Achievement
About techniques to build up your own Resolution to recover from set backs
The importance of Continually developing your own competences
How to Use the Pursuit of Happiness as your guide in selecting goals
How you goals may evolve over time
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