522: How to Defeat Distraction with Joe McCormack

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🗓️ 9 December 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Joe McCormack provides noise survival tips for clear thinking.

— YOU'LL LEARN —

1) Top 3 tactics for noise survival.

2) The problem with multitasking and what to do instead.

3) How to train yourself to say no.

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— ABOUT JOE —

Joe McCormack founded and serves as managing director and president of The Sheffield Company, an award-winning boutique agency.

A passionate leader, he started The BRIEF Lab, a subsidiary of Sheffield, in 2013 after years dedicated to developing and delivering a unique curriculum on strategic narratives for U.S. Army Special Operations Command. He speaks at diverse industry and client forums on the topics of messaging, storytelling, change, leadership, and focus.

• Book: “Noise: Living and Leading When Nobody Can Focus"

• Website: TheBriefLab.com

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• Play: "Waiting for Godot"

• Speech: University of Texas at Austin 2014 Commencement Address - Admiral McRaven

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0:00.0	Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast,
0:04.0	the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills
0:08.0	required to flourish at work.
0:10.0	Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.
0:14.0	With your host, Pete McKitis.
0:16.0	Hello, and thanks so much for joining us here for episode 522 with Joe McCormick. Joe is talking about how to deal with the noise and bring your thinking and focus back.
0:29.0	So you'll learn one, top three tactics for noise survival.
0:32.0	Two, the problem with multitasking and what's to do instead.
0:35.6	And 3. How to train yourself to say no.
0:38.1	So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to Arms we've referenced,
0:41.6	you'll find that on over at
0:42.7	awesome at your job.com slash F-52. Now here's Joe's story. Joe
0:47.4	McCormick founded and serves as managing director and president of the
0:50.4	Sheffield Company, an award-winning boutique agency.
0:53.2	He is a passionate leader who started the brief lab, a subsidiary of Sheffield in 2013 after years dedicated
0:58.8	to developing and delivering a unique curriculum on strategic narratives for U.S. Army Special Operations
1:04.7	Command. He speaks at diverse industry and client forums on the topics of
1:08.5	messaging, storytelling, change, leadership, and focus. So thanks to Joe for hanging out with us and thanks to our sponsors.
1:14.8	Check him out. Now here's Joe. Joe, thanks so much for joining us here again on the How to Be Awesome at your Job Podcast.
1:24.0	It's great to talk to you again.
1:26.0	Well I'm excited to dig into some of your wisdom about noise, but maybe for, I'll put you on the spot and say what's perhaps the most fascinating and surprising discovery you've made
1:37.3	About this stuff since we spoke last for me the most fascinating thing is that this is an issue that affects a lot of people.
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