I believe that a lack of focus - for example being unable to focus on a discreet task for any length of time, is a bad thing. I've often drafted 10 responses to 10 different e-mails and given myself a mental slap on the wrist for realising that I've not finished a single one of them. Then the phone rings...then an employee interrupts me with a question on Skype and before I know it, it's lunchtime and I've got nothing done.
Focus is something you can learn, and I'm proactively re-wiring my brain through exercise and meditation to achieve longer levels of focus.
In the meantime - at the start of the day I set up my personal Trello board with the smallest number of tasks that I must do that day, and so long as those get done - I'm free to dip in and out of a range of other tasks that my job as CEO requires of me. This also helps to stop the self-hatred vibe, which is easy to jump on when I don't feel I've made enough progress in a particular area of the business.
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I believe that a lack of focus - for example being unable to focus on a discreet task for any length of time, is a bad thing. I've often drafted 10 responses to 10 different e-mails and given myself a mental slap on the wrist for realising that I've not finished a single one of them. Then the phone rings...then an employee interrupts me with a question on Skype and before I know it, it's lunchtime and I've got nothing done.
Focus is something you can learn, and I'm proactively re-wiring my brain through exercise and meditation to achieve longer levels of focus.
In the meantime - at the start of the day I set up my personal Trello board with the smallest number of tasks that I must do that day, and so long as those get done - I'm free to dip in and out of a range of other tasks that my job as CEO requires of me. This also helps to stop the self-hatred vibe, which is easy to jump on when I don't feel I've made enough progress in a particular area of the business.
TL;DR: Being a CEO is tough.