Keeping focussed in a busy environment
There are so many distractions in the office -- the telephone, your co-workers, email and your boss! How can you keep focussed when there is just so much going on? I learnt a valuable lesson many years ago when I cleaned houses and I have taken it to the office with me. I am a single mom, but wanted to stay home to raise my daughter, but I needed a job too. What I did was take on odd jobs such as house cleaning, babysitting and homecare for seniors. My first day housecleaning, I had a large house to clean. I set aside four hours to clean it, which seemed reasonable to me. I mean, I had been cleaning my own house for years, how hard could it be? I started in the bathroom, cleaning here and there, and then I needed a cleaning supply so went in the kitchen to get it. While there I started cleaning the kitchen sink. To finish up and make it shine, I used a glass cleaner. That got me thinking a...