Focus Matters in Work
Dee Dee Scharf, PhD, LMHC, CRC
Distractions……
Mind
Attention
Focus
Concentration
Organization
Preparation.
Awareness
Alert
Distracted
Detoured
Disorganized
Tangential
Cirumstantial
Denial
Naïve
Lazy
Apathetic
Language and Semantics…..
The word “Focus” in “Focus Matters at Work”
Verb
 The act of focusing….
 Read as instruction or
directive:
 Focus better or more
Adjective
 This makes “matters”
the verb…..
 Mattering matters!!!
Focus in …… focus out……focus on…..
Focus
Concentration on a defined phenomenon while
filtering and ignoring other environmental stimuli
an earthquake's underground point of origin or
hypocenter
a concept referring to the way information in one
phrase relates to information that has come
before
a point toward which light rays are made to converge
Wikipedia
Am-ing
 Discard “Should have….Would have…..Could have…..
 I am……….
 I Want…….
 Discard Wishing……..adopt Hope
Spirit
 Hope
 Visualize
 Keep your eyes straight ahead, always…..on the light…..the
horizon
 Hold the helm, the plow and don’t look back……
 Faith Points
 Power
 Freedom
Body
 Engaging the Senses

Hands

Feet

Eyes

Ears

Voice

Taste

Smell

Active/Movement

Rest/sleep

Breath

Nutrition

Heart
The Heart learns a DIFFERENT WAY
Applied…..
 Be all of YOU NOT JUST THE WORKER PART OF YOU…..
 Evaluative
 Work: Skills, Abilities, Interests, Achievement,
Intelligence, etc
 Mental Health
 Anxiety, ADD, Depression, Grief, Thought Disorders
Applied…..
 DSM IV, DSM V, Medical Model…..
 Observations
 Surveys
 Tap Tests
 Medications
 Insurances
Synchronicity as strategy
 Rhythms of Attention: Much to Consider
 Cultural: Work, Social, Familial, Avocational
 Individual
 Time…..
 Chunking
 Daring
 Play
 Energy
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