December 26, 2018 - 47 Comments
If you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you need to be good at getting sh*t done. It's no secret that I believe your personal character and skills determine the success or failure of your business.
Reading that might fill you with dread. After all, you've not been particularly productive. In fact, it seems that you're more distracted now than you used to be. You spend more time procrastinating and less time working with deliberate focus, on what matters most.
Why is that? Are you getting lazier, somehow?
Actually, that's not it. Your ability to focus hasn't gotten worse, but your environment has changed... and if being productive is crucial for entrepreneurs then succeeding is slowly becoming more and more difficult.
Watch the video to see why this is and what you can do about it.
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Does the message in this video resonate with you? Have you noticed your attention span shortening? Has your impulse to reach for the phone or check your favorite time-sink website gotten stronger in the last years?
I'd love to know what your struggles with this issue are and what you've tried to overcome them.
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