Keeping your focus --- especially when all those around you have lost theirs --- takes, well, focus! Here are nine steps I saw that might help you maintain yours:
1. Say no.
2. Delegate more effectively.
3. Communicate better.
4. Set well-defined boundaries.
5. Let go.
6. Think more about targets than goals.
7. Plan and prioritize each week.
8. Reflect on the big picture at least one hour each week.
9. Celebrate your victories.
Originally, I was going to discuss each one and provide an example, but upon reading them again, they seem so obvious that I think it will be a good exercise to ask each of YOU to finish each point, and come up with a PERSONAL example. If you get stuck and want my help, just ask.
The key would seem to be to try to implement a few of these immediately and see where that goes. Where are you weakest? How is your delegation? Do you have trouble letting go? Regardless, pick and practice. Then go to #9.
“I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, ‘where's the self-help section?’ She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.” --- Stephen Wright