This afternoon I was watching a Youtube video by a bloke who calls himself Dan Koe. He was talking about his concept of a "Creation Pyramid" and his concept of a "focus matrix." I liked what he was saying and so I started taking notes.
Frazzled and Razzled
I found his idea of a "Focus Matrix" especially helpful. Actually, I had been feeling a bit annoyed with myself for, ahem, getting a bit distracted and razzled on Friday night. The Focus Matrix showed me at a glance where I was - and where I needed to be.
I was in a state of "contracted unconsciousness" where the inner critic was triumphing and having a right old go at me.
Getting Back To Conscious Focus
I immediately saw that I needed to cross over from the "contracted unconscious" state to the "contracted conscious" state if I was to get any work done. I found that very liberating and have been beavering away ever since!
Not Steven Covey or Eisenhower's Matrix
When you hear the term "Focus Matrix" it may bring to mind Steven Covey's Four Quadrant model which is also known as the Eisenhower Matrix, and it does look similar as it divides consciousness into four quadrants, but the names of the quadrants and the terms inside them are different.
Here is Dan Koe's Focus Matrix:
He talks about the Focus Matrix in this article on his blog:
https://thedankoe.com/how-to-master-your-focus/
This is the video I was watching:
You can also follow Dan Koe on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/thedankoe
So there you go. That was what I learnt during my afternoon "down time" today. I found it very helpful. I hope you do too!
Cheers,
David Hurley
#InspiredFocus
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