6 Easy Ways to Pay Focused Attention

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You make the time, so make the most of it.

That you deserve, and so do they.

These are for you to work into your 1-2-1s, so try them on ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ and they will grow on you!

1. Take a couple of deep breaths and ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ before you start.
2. Find a ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. Hang up a Do Not Disturb sign.
3. Remove any ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, such as paperwork, phones or email pings.
4. Even virtually, ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ to do anything else.
5. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ. Even if they stop, give them a moment. ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป.
6. Look at them with ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜, even on camera.

This is not only about the conversation, it's about building trust, building longer-term relationships and ultimately, a rapport between the two of you that will be of value to each of you in the future.

It's a win-win style of valuing someone.

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