Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst

Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst. This week, Curt reveals a big, big change for 2022 –– he's doing something he NEVER thought he would do. (Hint: it involves suborbital space.)  Episode links:  Venus Aerospace Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist Best-Selling Aut...

Welcome back to another FocusBreak with Curt Steinhorst. This week, Curt shares a story about friend and colleague, Mark Skeba, reaching a breaking point in his corporate career – that moment he recognized work was negatively impacting his life and that he needed to do something about it. Tune in to hear how focusing on an idea that is thousands of years old helped him find the rest he needed. Lea...

Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst. There's a pervasive myth in today's work culture that most of us still believe:  Success is tied to constant availability and prioritizing work above all else.  But one friend and client, Mark Rampolla, has proven the opposite. He is the very successful founder and former CEO of ZICO Be...

Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.  Drama. If you're a leader, you have to deal with it on your team. And if you're like most leaders, you don't want anything to do with it. Curt recently had a conversation with Kris Gaerlan, President of Dallas Lease Returns , about how he leads his team — and Kris shared a radically di...

Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst – global leader on attention and focus. We all want our work to be meaningful. And right now, when so many people are questioning the value of their jobs, leaders have an incredible opportunity to make the significance of their employees’ contributions clear to them. It’s how Elon Musk keeps talented people despite long work hours. And it ca...

Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst. This week Curt discusses what it means to "Respect the Red" and how this tip can shift the culture in your office toward productivity.  Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist Best-Selling Author FocusFit Challenge Professional Spee...

Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst. This week Curt discusses why he and his team created My Pandemic Journal and how this powerful tool can help us process the moments that have reshaped our lives and will influence the future.  My Pandemic Journal – Buy now on Amazon Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist Best-Selling A...

Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst.  Wisdom can come from unexpected places. This week – when the concerns of our world are great, burnout and stress are high, and overall well-being is low – Curt found himself ruminating on the lyrics from Lin-Manuel Miranda's latest musical, Vivo (which his kids can't stop watching). Tune in to this week's Focus Break to hear why these lyri...

Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst. We've always had uncertainty, but it's greater than ever now. With the confluence of COVID, an economic crisis, social unrest, a divided society, and a turbulent environment, how do we plan? This week Curt shares for tips on leading through uncertainty. Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Col...

Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst. This week, Curt interviews former Olympic medalist Katie Hoff, competitive swimmer and record-holder. Katie talks about her Olympic journey and the struggle to focus at the moment it counts most. (Spoiler alert: she succeeded!) Listen in to hear how competition can be the ultimate distr...

Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst. What is the key to having an impact on the lives around you? How can you ensure you’re welcome in other’s hearts, homes, or workplaces? What makes your friends and family feel things are always better when you’re in the room? In this week’s Focus Break, Curt Steinhorst pays tribute to h...

We hope you're sitting down for this: After having more autonomy during the pandemic, 41% of employees are actively considering a job change, especially if their organizations won't let them self-manage where and when they work. In this week's Focus Break, Curt asks whether forcing your team back into the office is your best move -- are you establishing a productive culture or turbo-charging turno...

In this week's Focus Break, Curt pays tribute to Art Gensler, founder of the world's largest architecture firm, who died Monday at age 85. Gensler pioneered a radically different way to view the spaces where we work. Listen in to hear how his philosophy of workspaces inspired Focuswise's principles for office spaces that promote creativity, innovation, and focus. Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's...

In this week's Focus Break, Curt explains why managing your attention and focus is about SO much more than increasing productivity. It's tied to your day-to-day mental health, preventing burnout and brain fog while promoting a sense of fulfilling satisfaction. Note to leaders: When companies build environments of interruption, distraction, and overload, it erodes worker capacity – and that can't b...

We've all been with those we care about while everyone is on a digital device. People in the same space aren't connecting, talking, or even enjoying their physical space together. In this week's Focus Break, I invite you to experiment with an evening without electronic devices – an opportunity to give your undivided attention to the people who matter most. Episode link: The Inevitable, Understandi...

Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.  What will be said about you on your 80th birthday? If you're like me, you imagine friends and family speaking about your values, character, and the people you've impacted. But this picture makes me pause and reflect – am I on the right track now? In this week's podcast, I discuss how c...

Companies everywhere are determining what their human management style and next steps will be. And there's no shortage of surveys revealing what employees want. But what do we do when the data is confusing and contradictory? This week Curt Steinhorst discusses the future of work and whether it's possible to maintain the benefits of flexible, remote work without paying the price of its disadvantage...

Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst. A new study from Edelman Microsoft reveals that leaders today are thriving (but no one else is). Indeed, the majority of employees are struggling. This week, I discuss one possible explanation for the disconnect – and how to prevent this gap from impacting our organizations in the immediate future. Episode links https://msworklab.azureedge....

We usually think focus happens when we're alone in a quiet space – but social psychology tells us that's not always true. In this week's Focus Break, I recap a conversation with Dr. Peter Blair – a dear friend, economist, and Harvard professor – about his unconventional strategy for finding focus. Episode links and references: https://www.peterqblair.com Allport, F. H. (1920). The influence of the...

Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst. This week, I address how to focus when you have anxiety or depression and I offer three tips for shifting your focus when you find yourself in all-consuming mental state that makes work feel impossible. Links from this episode:  Conquering election day chaos podcast episode Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of...

Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst. In a year of crazy distractions, the most bizarre happened a couple of days ago while I was on a conference call with a client – something that made focusing on that meeting nearly impossible! Listen in to hear the story (spoiler: there's a SWAT team involved) and to find why that event...

Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst. In this week's Focus Break, I discuss why Generation Z and millennial employees are struggling with isolation and how to make sure these crucial employees don't become culturally exiled. Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist Best-...

Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst. In this week's Focus Break, I show you the one skill that can give you (or anyone) an enormous advantage in today's distracted world. Listen in and remind yourself to leverage this simple talent as a superpower. If you'd like to practice, you're welcome to join a conversation I'm hosting on the Clubhouse app tonight (February 25) at 9:15 PM...

Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst. In today's podcast, Curt discusses how (and why) the challenges of this week's severe winter storm in Dallas have brought clarity instead of chaos. Please listen in. Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist Best-Selling Author FocusF...

Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst. In this week's podcast, I reveal how Super Bowl commercials, emotions, and work are all intertwined. I also challenge you to try a 10-minute exercise to focus your to-do list so it truly aligns with the big goals that matter.  Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Fou...