What’s Got Your Attention? Curt Steinhorst Brings Us Back from Distraction
The Going Scared Podcast with Jessica Honegger
Jessica Honegger
5.0 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2018
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Longing to be more efficient with your time AND make meaningful time for yourself, and for those you love? Today’s guest is on a mission to retrieve our minds from distraction, and to help us restore true connection in our workplaces and in our relationships. Curt Steinhorst is the CEO of Focuswise, a company whose goal is to equip people and organizations to overcome the challenges of our constantly technologically connected lives and workplaces. Curt unpacks all the issues we have with technology, including the expectations to always be “on,” battling the feeling that we’re not doing enough, and addiction to “escaping” through our phones. He lays out steps to help us reclaim what really matters, and encourages us to put technology in its place to enhance our lives; not rule it.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to this week's episode of Going Scared, your go-to |
| 0:06.2 | podcast for all things social impact, entrepreneurship, and courage. I'm super |
| 0:11.8 | excited about this week's guest Kurt Steinhorsed. |
| 0:15.0 | Seriously this podcast could have been about three hours, but since Kurt's focus is |
| 0:21.5 | on how we can be a more with our time. We pack those |
| 0:24.7 | three hours into 30 minutes just for you. We are so distracted these days and it can be |
| 0:30.8 | really hard to focus on what's most essential, what we really |
| 0:34.7 | should be giving our attention to you and Kurt is going to help us change that. |
| 0:39.2 | He's on a mission to rescue us from our distracted selves. |
| 0:43.8 | Can I get an amen? |
| 0:45.6 | He's the author of the Amazon best-selling book, |
| 0:48.2 | Can I have your attention? |
| 0:49.6 | Inspiring better work habits, focusing your team, and getting stuff done in the constantly connected workplace. |
| 0:57.0 | Having spent years studying the impact of tech on human behavior, Kurt founded FocusWise, a consultancy that equips organizations to overcome the distinct challenges of the constantly connected workplace. |
| 1:11.0 | Kurt's clients include J.P. Morgan, General Motors, All State, |
| 1:15.1 | Honda, McDonald's, Marriott, and even Taylor Swiss record label. And now we can |
| 1:20.9 | add going scared to that list. |
| 1:23.4 | I can't wait for you to give this conversation a listen. |
| 1:27.3 | All right, Kurt, welcome to the Going Scared podcast. |
| 1:31.2 | Thank you so much. I have been so excited for our conversation because really I just |
| 1:36.8 | want it to be a personal coaching session on how I can be more efficient and less distracted in my life. |
| 1:44.7 | Because you are a genius at helping people really |
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