STOP REACTING TO INTERRUPTIONS IF YOU WANT TO BE #PRODUCTIVEAF
If you struggle to remain focused on your work and have a hard time completing tasks because you are constantly inundated with interruptions, I have a mindfulness practice to use to keep interruptions at bay.
First, you need to understand that like most things in life, interruptions only have the power to disrupt our flow if we react to them.
You hear some alert, you stop what you are doing to check it, then you end up responding and sidetracked from your important task. But it wasn’t the interruption itself that sidetracked you, it was that you reacted to it.
Of course, some interruptions do warrant our attention, but I never want you to take action from a reactive place, you will always have far better results if you take action from a responsive place.
Reactive means you jump in to take action. Responsive means you pause, observe the situation and choose a measured action in proportion to the situation.
But, with a mindfulness practice, you can shift from Reactive to Responsive.
Try this:
Pause + Observe the stimulus: Is the phone ringing? Is someone knocking on your office door? Is that an email that just came through? Let it happen without reacting.
I want you to get comfortable not reacting.
It’s okay for an email to sit for 30 mins, for a call to go to voicemail, or for someone looking for your help to come back later.
And this works outside the office as well.
Your partner or kid needs something. Don’t just stop your important work to react to them. Tell them you will be glad to help in 30 minutes.
Start putting those boundaries and expectations up all over your life where interruptions really throw you off.
And use that mindfulness practice to start getting comfortable being uncomfortable because you aren’t reacting anymore!
If you’d like some help, I’m here for you too!
If this message today resonated with you and you want to start taking actions to shift into a reality of alignment with your goals, I would love to invite you to join me inside the Productivity and Planning Mastermind Membership.
This is what I created the Mastermind for.
To be a safe space for women like you and I who see beyond the surface of our societal expectations and know there is a better way to live.
It’s a place for support, encouragement, accountability and ongoing personal development for us to continue challenging accepted norms and choosing our own unique path to success.
→ The Mastermind includes so many resources to help you on your journey, from multiple live calls each month, to on-demand strategies, tools, and even a complete course on productivity!
→ We have our own private chat forum where we connect and discuss topics ranging from planning, metaphysics, mindset, and wellness.
→ We even have a monthly book club!
→ And the best part is, when you join the Mastermind, you get immediate access to the entire library of resources, masterclasses and bonus materials that I have been creating since it’s launch.
→ There is no waiting, content isn’t dripped to you, it’s all there for you to explore and access on-demand as you please.
→ And of course I am there as well for guidance and to answer your questions along the way.
When you know better, you do better.
Are you ready to do better for yourself, your family and your future by committing to your personal development to become the best woman, mother, spouse, sister, daughter, aunt and friend that you can be?
This could be the best investment you make in yourself in 2021!
Hope to see you inside!
xoxo,
I recently took a course on productivity, and this is golden advice. I’ve also found it important to eliminate as many distractions as I can, such as alerts, my phone, social media, and friends from popping over. I can’t control every distraction, but once I started setting up a plan to remove the ones I could, it made a huge difference!