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New Pathways – Experiences with Distraction: Part 4

By Gale Long, guest blogger Learning – I discovered that I spend large amounts of time in distractions and often don’t even know it. It occurred to me that I was so completely and varyingly distracted that I wasn’t even conscious of it. I think I have very cleverly learned to use distraction for a variety…

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New Pathways – Experiences with Distraction: Part 3

By Gale Long, guest blogger Solutions – In a virtual workshop practicing change through small steps (the workshop is built around the study of a book by Robert Maurer, One Small Step Can Change your Life:  The Kaizen Way), I committed to emailing my coach each day after “catching” (becoming aware) of a distraction, naming…

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How to Set Priorities: Weeds, Hinges and Mosquitoes

By Annette Organ, guest blogger Setting priorities can be tricky for all of us. When we’re overwhelmed, not knowing where to start can often immobilize us and derail our best intentions. Here are a few guidelines that may help you decide where to begin. 1. Weeds: Any task that grows bigger the longer you ignore it. Weeds…

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New Pathways – Experiences with Distraction: Part 2

By Gale Long, guest blogger Actual Condition – I had some rather vague idea of how easily and often I followed the latest “bright, shiny object” that crossed my consciousness, but it wasn’t until I committed to noticing and naming distractions each day that I began to understand how pervasive these mental side roads are…

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New Pathways – Experiences with Distraction: Part 1

By Gale Long, guest blogger Theme – As part of my ongoing efforts to become more intentional, I decided I wanted to increase my awareness of how I get distracted. My “theory” in this context is that if I can become more aware of when and how I get distracted, I will increase my chances…

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Having the Experience but Missing the Meaning – Part 1

David Rock uses the analogy of creating a new path in an uncharted forest to describe the process of creating a new habit.  It’s slow going at first, but once you’ve traveled the path many times, it becomes a habit. But what happens if you meet something unexpected on a path you’ve traveled many times? That’s…

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