Staying Focused

Course Overview

Being able to stay focused is an important skill. The modern world is full of distractions and it can be easy to lose our concentration, despite our best intentions. Learning how to focus means we can stick to our work, regardless of what’s going on around us.

Staying focused leads to better productivity, as jobs are completed more quickly and deadlines are kept. It also improves the quality of work, as staying focused allows us to get the details right and avoid mistakes. When we’re working like this, we also tend to feel less stressed and more in control of our workloads.

In this course, we’ll look at how anyone can improve their focus.

Firstly, we’ll look at how to prioritise tasks, so that the right things are focused on. Then we’ll look at the importance of focusing on each task in turn instead of trying to do everything at once.

Next, we’ll look at the importance of rest and breaks for maintaining focus. Finally, we’ll look at what to do to regain focus when there are distractions.

This microlearning course is an animated video, with audio narration and a multiple-choice post-assessment.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, learners will be able to:

• Determine what are the most important jobs
• Analyse and categorise each task when there’s more than one thing to do
• Decide how to use breaks to maintain focus throughout the working day
• Identify what is causing a distraction
• Organise and regain focus when it has been lost