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December 2007 
A frustrating interlude!
Posted on Nov 28th, 2007
by 
Pete Middleton
Pete Middleton
I have made no entries since late July which is interesting.
In that time I have been suffering from excruciating "Attention Disorder" and it has been draining, distracting and immensely frustrating. In other words I have been spending my time and energy on things that do not really matter to me - checking and monitoring work undertaken by others, which includes work done by the largest, most experienced card manufacturer in Europe. In the manufacturing process they screwed up so badly that I rejected 100% of their initial production run.
It is all sorted now - but what this episode has highlighted for me is that I sense my experience is a reflection of how it is for the majority of the working population - all suffering from serious "Attention Disorder". Put very simply, we allow circumstances, fears, other peoples expectations and social pressures to take away our focus on those things that make our heart sing.
We get sucked into this process because we think we have responsibilites. The paradox is that in so doing we lose conscious control and recognition of our Response -
Ability. The ability to pay attention to ourselves and our relationships and in turn our performance, personal happiness and families suffer.
And we think we are logical!
Hmm!
In that time I have been suffering from excruciating "Attention Disorder" and it has been draining, distracting and immensely frustrating. In other words I have been spending my time and energy on things that do not really matter to me - checking and monitoring work undertaken by others, which includes work done by the largest, most experienced card manufacturer in Europe. In the manufacturing process they screwed up so badly that I rejected 100% of their initial production run.
It is all sorted now - but what this episode has highlighted for me is that I sense my experience is a reflection of how it is for the majority of the working population - all suffering from serious "Attention Disorder". Put very simply, we allow circumstances, fears, other peoples expectations and social pressures to take away our focus on those things that make our heart sing.
We get sucked into this process because we think we have responsibilites. The paradox is that in so doing we lose conscious control and recognition of our Response -
Ability. The ability to pay attention to ourselves and our relationships and in turn our performance, personal happiness and families suffer.
And we think we are logical!
Hmm!
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