Arriving
Your day is filled with seemingly endless transitions.
Moving from meeting to meeting and one project to another concept.
Your brain is constantly task-switching throughout your day (probably even into the evening).
Task-switching is cognitively demanding.
What makes you amazing: you can do it, everyday, on repeat.
What makes you fallible: it requires cognitive resources; those resources are not infinite.
As your mind fatigues, your ability to task-switch diminishes.
The impact is that while you physically move to something new, mentally you have not yet arrived.
If the timing is right, like an afternoon meeting Thursday or Friday, you may never fully arrive without intentionally pausing and refocusing.
As a leader it is easy to unwittingly muse over a myriad of swirling topics in your mind.
It is important to ask yourself at each transition within your day: “What am I arriving to?”
Your attention may not be 100%, but your awareness will enable you to better task-switch and contribute in the moment.
Heavy lies the crema,
- Morning Cup