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Category Archives: Performance Preparation
Increase Your Focus: Have No More than Three Goals
Here’s a sure way to remain unfocused and get nothing done: Have 10 or 12 goals when you sit down to concentrate on something. Whether you’re learning some information or working on a physical skill, that’s just too many things … Continue reading
Presenting to Senior Executives
Many talented, driven, smart executives give great presentations to their peers, direct reports, and colleagues in their field. Then, when it comes time to present to senior leaders at their organization, they freeze up, they ramble, they lose confidence. There’s … Continue reading
Forgetting May Be the Default Mode of the Brain
Most of us think our brains are designed to remember things. We pay attention to some information, we focus on an activity, and our brains store information in long-term memory so we can retrieve that information or those skills when … Continue reading
Increase Your Focus: Have an Ending Time
Want to increase your focus? Always have an ending time for your activity. An ending time serves as a mini-deadline, and deadlines have a way of making us focus a lot more intently than we usually do. Plan your ending … Continue reading
Make More Time: Schedule an Appointment with Yourself
Once you are using a calendar to write down the important activities in your life, you may quickly discover something interesting: While every mandatory activity is on your calendar (work, meetings, doctor and dental appointments, times to drive your children … Continue reading
Increase Your Focus: Restart
Even though research shows that people can’t focus intently on an activity for more than 17 – 20 minutes at a time, this research also shows that you can re-start what you’re doing and give your brain the chance to … Continue reading
Make More Time: Use a Calendar
Want to make more time in your day? Use a calendar or some other scheduling tool or app. Use a wall calendar, planner book, free online calendar, or an app that sends you reminders. It doesn’t really matter what form … Continue reading
Increase Your Focus
Focus and intensity are key components to staying alert when mastering a new skill or learning new information. Many people think they can engage in an activity for hours on end and stay focused the entire time. Unfortunately, that’s not … Continue reading
Make More Time: Put Yourself First
A common piece of financial advice is: “Pay yourself first.” This is a great strategy for building savings you thought you could never build. Here’s a variation of this sage advice that lets you get something accomplished you never thought … Continue reading
Understanding Audience Expectations
In my work as a performance coach, I see a lot of speakers and presenters who are primarily concerned with the content of their presentations. They think about their content from one perspective: their own. I ask them to turn … Continue reading
