615: How to Build Laser Focus in an Age of Endless Distractions with Curt Steinhorst

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🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Curt Steinhorst reveals why we often struggle to take control of our attention—and what we can do about it.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Surprising statistics that illustrate our level of distraction

2) The essential keys to accessing flow state

3) How to improve your focus in three steps

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— ABOUT CURT —

Curt Steinhorst is the author of the bestselling book Can I Have Your Attention?, an expert on focus and distraction, and a regular Forbes contributor on Leadership Strategy.

Diagnosed with ADD as a child, Curt knows intimately the challenges in keeping the attention of today’s distracted workforce and customer. Through Focuswise, the company Curt founded to help teams solve the problem of chronic distraction, Curt and his team apply the science of how the brain works to the reality of how we function in today’s world.

He coaches founders and CEOs of multi-billion-dollar brands on how to effectively communicate and create focus when they speak to audiences, lead their employees, and engage their customers. His worldwide speeches and training have helped thousands gain the wisdom and practical habits to better manage their focus and put it on the things that really matter in life and work. Clients include Southwest Airlines, Deloitte, JPMorgan Chase, NIKE, and SAP, just to name a few.

• Curt’s book: Can I Have Your Attention?: Inspiring Better Work Habits, Focusing Your Team, and Getting Stuff Done in the Constantly Connected Workplace

• Curt’s website: FocusWise.com

• Curt’s email: CS@FocusWise.com

• Curt’s LinkedIn: Curt Steinhorst

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• App: Notion

• Study: “Media’s role in broadcasting acute stress following the Boston Marathon bombings” by E. Alison Holman, Dana Rose Garfin, and Roxane Cohen Silver

• Study: Attention Restoration Theory

• Book: The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work by Joseph Campbell

• Fantasy Novel Series: The Lightbringer Series by Brent Weeks

• Fantasy Novel Series: The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson

• Book: The Third Harmony by Mawi Asgedom

• Book: The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks

• Past episode: 001: Communicating with Inspiration and Clarity with Mawi Asgedom

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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 required
0:08.6	to flourish at work.
0:10.1	Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money with your host, Pete McIdas.
0:16.0	Hello and thanks for joining us here for episode 615 with Kurt Steinhorse.
0:23.8	Kurt has got some pro tips when it comes to defeating distraction.
0:29.0	Building that laser focus, the old one, surprising statistics that illustrate our level of distraction.
0:35.0	Two, the essential keys to accessing flow states, and three, how to improve your focus, and just three steps.
0:41.0	So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to addons we've referenced,
0:45.0	do drop on by awesome at your job.com slash EP615.
0:50.0	And if you're at awesome at your job.com, one of the coolest things we've got is called the Gold Nuggets,
0:55.0	which summarized the wisdom from Kurt in an email you can read in about three minutes right to your inbox.
1:01.0	And if you sign up for the Gold Nuggets, you also get access to the entire vault of all 615 episodes,
1:08.0	those little quick summary writeups.
1:10.0	So a very handy career development resource if I dare say so myself.
1:15.0	And oh, it's free.
1:16.0	I've had several email subscribers say, is it free to sign up for this, which I think is a huge compliment.
1:22.0	Like, oh, thank you.
1:23.0	You think it's so good.
1:24.0	It should cost money.
1:25.0	I appreciate that.
1:26.0	Well, no, it is free.
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