{"id":2261,"date":"2010-09-08T08:45:28","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T12:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:41:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:41:51","slug":"christine-kane-how-to-reclaim-your-attention-and-get-more-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/christine-kane-how-to-reclaim-your-attention-and-get-more-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Christine Kane: How to reclaim your attention and get more done"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Have you ever been at home all day when there’s nothing in the fridge?
\nYou open the door. You poke your head in. You hum a little tune and look around. You sigh. You grab a handful of pine nuts. You go back to your desk.
\nAbout an hour later, you’re hungry.
\nSo you go back to the fridge and look again. Nothing new has appeared. You pull out some black olives, put them on a saucer, and go back to your desk.
\nYou think, “I should go out and get something to eat.” But you don’t. A part of you is convinced that a solution will appear. Maybe a Sous Chef will arrive at your door.
\nAmazingly, this doesn’t happen.
\nEventually you’re back at the fridge. You look in. Then, you close the door, reach up to the cereal cabinet and grab a handful of Kashi…
\nWhat happens in this scenario is that you eat all day, but you never feel satisfied. By 5pm, you’re strung out, unfulfilled, and you wonder why.
\nHere’s why:
\nYou ate. But you never actually fed yourself<\/strong>.
\nWe do this exact same thing with our attention<\/strong>. We dabble in random things. But we never really commit to anything.
\nI call it Attention Splatter.<\/strong> It’s when you mindlessly and half-heartedly splatter your attention on non-activities. But you never fully engage.
\nRemember this: Your attention ultimately feeds you.<\/strong> It feeds your heart and your mind<\/strong>. This is why it’s so important to notice what you give your attention to. This is also why splattered attention leaves you unfulfilled. You never actually feed yourself.
\nThe most common Attention Splatter culprits are:<\/strong><\/p>\n