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Staying Focused and Resisting the Siren Songs of Distraction (Chapter 10)
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:28:45
Publish Date: 2020-05-10 10:06:52
Description: 138 - Staying Focused & Resisting the Sirens of Distraction This week we're going to be talking about staying focused in the midst the siren songs of distraction that call out to us. Featured Music The Medicine by Jeremy Renner  On this week’s episode: "I was thinking, you know, I could say that a muse is our inspiration, our strategy, or our goals.  Muses need to be something that we can look to that keep us on track and keep us inspired. Whereas distractions are the sirens that lead us away."  -BrandiSea Some strategies to resist distractions: Do the hard things first Track your time Set your goals the day before Be intentional with your goals This Week's Uncommon Inspiration Perspective (you'll have to listen to understand this one) "Like the intention is probably the thing that differentiates the two of them [sirens and muses], between really looking for inspiration and just stumbling on it because you were scrolling for two hours." -Julie "And if you're not in the right mindset, and if you haven't set yourself up for, like you said, "what am I actually supposed to be doing right now?" The siren is just going to be like, "look at me. I'm actually inspiration over here, but I'm not going to give you anything to do with it. I'm just something pretty to look at and do nothing with". And that's what we always talk about here, is making sure that your inspiration is actually actionable. And  that's the true test of whether you're following your muse, or whether you're following a siren." -BrandiSea Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Want to support us? SHARE THIS PODCAST WITH A FRIEND or Visit Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes! Have a question, comment, or episode subject request? Send an email to brandi@brandisea.com Find us on all forms of social media @designspeakspodcast Find Brandi @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Find Julie @juliehaider  Find Dakota @realdakotacook Thank You To The ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his song “Shatter in The Night” as our theme music on every episode of Design Speaks. Producers Kenneth Kniffin and Dakota Cook. Podcast Cover Art Illustration by Pippa Keel - @pippa.jk of Zhu Creative Copyright ©BrandiSea 2020. All Rights reserved. Design Speaks Episode 138  - Chapter 10 - Staying Focused and Resisting the Siren Song of Distraction [00:00:00] BrandiSea: [00:00:00] Welcome to Design Speaks the podcast that helps you discover uncommon inspiration so you can make more meaningful work. I'm Brandi Sea, my co-host is Julie Hyder. This week we're going to be talking about staying focused in the midst of our distractions. Stay tuned for that coming up later in the show. [00:00:30] So Julie, I have a question for you. [00:00:32] Julie: [00:00:32] Yes. [00:00:32] BrandiSea: [00:00:32] On a scale of from super focused to, Oh look, squirrel. Where would you say he rank? [00:00:43] Julie: [00:00:43] Uh, it depends on the day and [00:00:45] possibly also the [00:00:47] hour and the minute. Um, yeah. I don't know. It also, I feel like if I'm really excited about something, then I'm like super focused on it and I'm like, yeah, I'm going to get this done. [00:00:59] Um, but if [00:01:00] I'm just looking for excuses to not be doing what I'm doing, then yeah, the tiniest thing will definitely get me distracted. [00:01:10] BrandiSea: [00:01:10] Do you find, do you find that you are more prone to distractions during like a certain time of day?
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