Attention Management Course

Duration: 1 day

Introduction

A less distracted employee is a more efficient employee. We believe that an emotionally invested employer or employee is a more productive one. We begin our workshop with an introduction to mushin, a Chinese term used in martial arts and meditation. Later on we will explain how to use the concept in the workplace to enable attention management and better management in general. In the first component we teach managers what the four areas of attention are and how to benefit from them. Moving on we discuss the many types of attention in depth. We deal with focused attention, sustained attention and selective attention as well as other types of attention. We will then teach participants about goal setting, and the four strategies for goal setting and achievement.

TIP: People often fail to reach their goals because they ignore the emotional aspect of goal setting. Feelings towards goals determine whether or not they are achieved. In module five we will teach students about the benefits of meditation, we go back to mushin and this time we take an in depth look at mushin and everything else associated with meditation such as the alpha, beta, theta and delta brain waves. We also look at gamma brainwaves, all in all it is a detailed module which is another tool for the student’s toolkit.

• Zones of attention – what are SMART goals are and how to achieve them?
• The three P’s to achieving goals, and explain how to identify what is positive, personal and present.
• How to stay focused – We discuss the one minute rule, the five minute rule and what to do if you feel overwhelmed.
• We deal comprehensively with procrastination and share nine strategies to avoid and overcome it.

Course Outline

1. Introduction

Pre workshop review

Workshop objectives

2. Attention management

Definition

Pay attention

Explaining Mushin

Defining heart minded

Case study

3. Types of attention

Focused Attention

Sustained Attention

Selective Attention

Alternating Attention

Attention CEO

Attentional blink

Case study

4. Strategies for goal setting

Listening to your emotions

Prioritising

Re-Gating

Case study

5. Meditation

Beta

Alpha

Theta

Delta

Gamma

Case study

6. Training your attention

Mushin

Meditation

Focus execute

Visualisation

Case study 1

Case study 2

7. Attention zones model

Reactive zone

Proactive zone

Distracted zone

Wasteful Zone

Case study

8. SMART Goals

The three P’s

The SMART way

Prioritising

Evaluating and adapting

Case study

9. Keeping yourself focused

One minute rule

Five minute rule

What to do when you feel overwhelmed

Case study

10. Procrastination

Why we procrastinate

Nine ways to overcome procrastination

Eat the frog

Case study

11. Prioritising your time

The 80/20 rule

The urgent/important matrix

Being Assertive

Creating a productivity journal

The glass jar

Case study

12. Topics not discussed

Post workshop overview

Who should attend this course? 

This is a self-enrichment course intended for anyone interested in attention management.