Staying Focused

Staying Focused Today I was supposed to write a review on the Starfish book. I was ready to write it this morning, but I also was co-presenting a three hour session at a conference (Building your career in bits and bytes its over now, and I think it went great :)). So this morning I opted to stay focused on the task at hand. It reminded me of some of the interviews that I did last year. Instead of having the level of preparation and focus that I needed, I think I winged it too much. Are you missing the one opportunity to shine? When you interview, are you as prepared and as focused as you can be? Or do you have some excuse to not do your best? When you network, do you miss the opportunity to deliver an excellent elevator pitch? Or do you miss the opportunity to connect two people that need to be connected? In your job, is your presentation the one that helps define your professional brand within your company and industry is it as impressive and good as it should be? You get the point. Sorry for not doing the review that I said I was going to do but I had to make a decision to stay focused (I would not get a second chance to make this three hour presentation). I hope you do the same. Staying Focused Today I was supposed to write a review on the Starfish book. I was ready to write it this morning, but I also was co-presenting a three hour session at a conference (Building your career in bits and bytes its over now, and I think it went great :)). So this morning I opted to stay focused on the task at hand. It reminded me of some of the interviews that I did last year. Instead of having the level of preparation and focus that I needed, I think I winged it too much. Are you missing the one opportunity to shine? When you interview, are you as prepared and as focused as you can be? Or do you have some excuse to not do your best? When you network, do you miss the opportunity to deliver an excellent elevator pitch? Or do you miss the opportunity to connect two people that need to be connected? In your job, is your presentation the one that helps define your professional brand within your company and industry is it as impressive and good as it should be? You get the point. Sorry for not doing the review that I said I was going to do but I had to make a decision to stay focused (I would not get a second chance to make this three hour presentation). I hope you do the same.