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This is fine. We are fine. Everything is fine. Right?
Recently, it seems everyone I know is hitting a wall. Iâm not sure if itâs the looming one-year anniversary of being locked in our homes, or the combination of winter blues with lack of social connection, or perhaps weâre all mourning the many lost lives to covid. The reasons vary, but the truth remains: we are struggling.
Struggling looks different for different people. Some of us feel apathetic, struggling to go through our normal routine or to reach out to family or friends. Others are irritable, snapping at innocuous remarks or getting frustrated more easily. Some of us are waking up in the middle of the night, panicking about ⦠nothing. (I fall into this camp.)
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Elena Taranenko People are saying âdata is the new oil,â but I [believe] that attention is the new oil. Data is plentiful. Attention is scarce, and weâll never get more of it. Thinking about how we focus that correctly, I think, is one of our most significant opportunities. So said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in a recent MIT Sloan article about the future of work.
That struck a chord with me. Attention, like oil, is a finite commodity, meaning we need to be purposeful about how we direct it. This is especially important in todayâs distributed and virtual work environment, where attention is also the âoilâ that keeps us productive.
Do you feel like a Zoom zombie at the end of the day?
Does your work creep into your personal life because you just canât keep up with everything during normal work hours?
Are you coming to one on ones with your team praying they have something to talk about because you havenât prepared anything?
Can you feel the strategic parts of your brain atrophying because you spend your whole day putting out fires?
These problems arenât unique to pandemic times, but for many leaders the 2020 pairing of working from home and nonstop crises has destroyed our ability to manage our working days.