Hi, I'm Sarah Ellis and this is the Squiggly Careers podcast where every week we talk about a different topic to do with work and hopefully come up with some ideas for action and tools to try out that will help you to navigate all of the ups and the downs along the way with maybe a bit more confidence and control.

And this week we're sharing a few episodes all about the topic of finding your focus.

We know it's an area that lots of our listeners, and quite frankly, we would like some ideas on

and some help along the way. So we've got a few episodes to share with you.

Helen and I have done one of our normal Tuesday episodes which is full of practical

tools and coach yourself questions. But today you're going to hear my conversation with

Johann Harri, where we talk about the ideas that he shares in his latest book, Stolen Focus.

Together we explore what stops us from paying attention, how we can take back control of who and what we

choose to focus on. I've been a fan of Johan's work for a long time. You've probably heard me

talk or recommend his book Lost Connections before. And Stolen Focus is very similar to lost

connections in that though it's a very different topic, what I really like about Johann's work is that he

connects dots in a way that helps me to have a new perspective on something on a topic that feels,

to be honest, like it goes way beyond work.

Though today in our conversation we do very much focus on work.

And I think whenever I finish reading his books, I always re-evaluate my relationship with something.

I re-evaluate how I'm going to spend my time. I think about the changes that I want to make.

It always leaves me with sort of a clear so what in terms of what I'm going to try to do differently.

So I think they have a really, his books do have a really profound impact on me. So I was really

excited to get the opportunity to talk to him. And just before we dive into the conversation,

a quick shout out to the other conversations you can hear in this series. So we have Helen

talking to Sophie Devonshire and Ben Wrenshaw, all about how you can discover or perhaps

rediscover and reconnect with the work that you love. So really finding that

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