I Was So Busy Listening…
March 20, 2009
Focusing on what’s important can be difficult with all the distractions that surround us. Apparently, I’m one of these distractions.
On my way into the office last week, I stopped by our local Bruegger’s Bagel shop to pick up something for breakfast. I was chatting with the woman behind the counter about how cold it was (15 degrees) and that weather like this was precisely why I didn’t live up north any more. In the midst of this conversation, I ordered a sesame bagel, toasted, with veggie cream cheese.
As we continued talking, I watched as she selected a bagel from the bin, picked up the knife, sliced the bagel in half…and proceeded to spread the cream cheese on the untoasted bagel.
When I reminded her that I’d asked for the bagel to be toasted, she apologized and said, “I was so busy listening, I wasn’t paying attention.”
How many times do we do the same thing – focusing on one thing when we should really be paying attention to another? There are so many distractions to divert our attention, sometimes it’s a wonder we get anything done at all.
Try to avoid all the “bright shiny objects” in your daily travels and focus on what needs to get done – you’ll find it feels much better at the end of the day when you can check the important items off your list, knowing you accomplished what you needed to.
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