Focus Is Essential. But Changing Focus Is More Important
Concentration matters, but we need to switch our attention from time to time.
Have you ever noticed that a stranger can offer a better idea than an experienced professional? Or have you ever faced a situation when an outsider saw the opportunities that you overlooked? Focusing on a task or problem helps us concentrate. But concentrating on one point means other points drop out of sight. So, one needs to change their perspective from time to time.
A newspaper's story
Once a new young employee joined a newspaper's team. It was a respectful media with a long history and traditions.
A couple of weeks later, he was invited to a meeting. And there he dared to ask: "Why are our pages so large? It is so uncomfortable to read!" Other meeting participants were furious. They told him the broadsheet tradition is very old, which differentiates serious media from frivolous tabloids.
He decided not to argue but started digging deeper. And he found o…