Concentrate Despite the Clutter

On September 15th, 1981, I attended Sam Horn's session on Concentration. Still great advice to this day!

* Concentration defined: voluntarily focused attention.
* Discipline of ignoring irrelevant matters
* Fixing ones' powers, efforts and attention
* Most people work best under a deadline; when their concentration is focused.
* Fatigue is a big road block to concentration

This last note is telling!:
* Society is moving towards a lower frustration tolerance with less discipline, and more need for immediate gratification. These are detriments to concentration.

Jeff Davidson's session

The benefits you will receive for attending Jeff Davidson's session on Managing Information and Communication Overload

[ ] identify major inhibitors of information management and learn to avoid them

[ ] become and remain organized

[ ] gain more room in your desk, file folders, shelves, and cabinets

[ ] manage your computer desktop with the same grace and ease as your physical desktop

[ ] gain practical tips and strategies for handling the daily volume of information

[ ] improve concentration for tasks big and small, long and short

[ ] keep track of professional as well as personal tasks you're handling

[ ] develop a rapid responsive system for verbal, written, and e-communications

[ ] more easily identify, screen, and assess information potentially valuable to you

[ ] cross fertilize disparate ideas to derive new insights and effective solutions

[ ] overcome the sense of overwhelm that can diminish your energy and creativity