Focus on What Matters

Through a candid story, James reflects on how he lost focus by polishing trivial tasks, hosting unfocused meetings, chasing irrelevant projects, and over-personalising feedback.

He identifies eight common pitfalls that derail productivity and shares practical solutions for overcoming them—from setting clear objectives and defining ‘good enough,’ to filtering projects, de-personalising criticism, and choosing real metrics over vanity numbers. The learning element emphasises daily discipline in guarding focus and steering it towards what truly matters.