North Phoenix Chamber of Commerce

Original Article appeared here:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/318463
​Author: Joe Rutland

When it comes to representing yourself as an entrepreneur, it’s important to remember the type of words and phrases you use. This is especially true when seen as a leader or manager in your business. If your words put people down all the time, expect people to shut their eyes and ears to your message. This happens a lot in the corporate world, where managers who have not fully embraced leadership abilities simply talk down to and ignore employees’ concerns.

Joe goes on to define these five communication skills in his article:

1. Be Respectful
2. Be Authentic
3. Be Thoughtful
4. Be Careful
5. Be Compassionate

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Original article appears here:
​https://hbr.org/2018/08/4-strategies-for-overcoming-distraction
​Author: Chris Baily, Harvard Business Review

​In the flurry of statistics that exist around personal productivity, there’s one I find especially alarming: The average person is distracted or interrupted every 40 seconds when working in front of their computer. In other words, we can’t work for even a single minute before we focus on something else. Sure, sometimes it’s easy to get back on track. But when our attention is completely derailed, research shows, it can take more than 20 minutes to refocus.

In the original article found here, Chris goes on to describe the four strategies:

1. Create a distraction-free ritual
2. Set three daily intentions
3. Work on hard stuff, and do more of it
4. Set an artificial project deadline

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