Intense Focus: Where Successful People Get Their Direction

Laura Stack

Jan 2013 · Productivity Pro Press

About this ebook

What you do with your day demonstrates the value you place on certain tasks and reflects the importance you give to your activities. Successful people have an intense sense of direction, which guides the choices that cause them to succeed in their goals. Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, will teach you how successful people are driven by an intense focus on their priorities: • Know exactly why you work hard and what you're trying to achieve. • Recognize what to do, when to do it, and why. • Be productive and creative through regular rest. • Accomplish the day's most profitable and valuable tasks. • Keep tasks from dying a slow death on your to-do list. You'll feel productive, rather than feeling like the whole day slipped through your fingers. You'll create valuable results, rather than feeling like you're spinning your wheels. You'll be successful in achieving your goals, as you focus on time on your critical work.

About the author

Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, Laura Stack is America's Premier Expert in Productivity. For over 20 years, her seminars and speeches have helped professionals, leaders, and teams accelerate individual and team performance, execute efficiently, and improve output in the workplace. Her company, The Productivity Pro, Inc., provides productivity workshops around the globe to help attendees achieve Maximum Results in Minimum Time. Laura is the author of five bestselling productivity books published by Random House, Wiley, and Berrett-Koehler, most recently What to Do When There's Too Much to Do. Her newest work, Execution IS the Strategy, hits bookstores in spring 2014. Laura's books have been published in more than 20 foreign editions, and she is a featured columnist for Success magazine. Laura has been featured nationally on the CBS Early Show, CNN, NPR, Bloomberg, the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, and Forbes magazine. Laura has been a spokesperson for Microsoft, 3M, Skillsoft, Office Depot, Day-Timer, and Xerox. Her client list includes top Fortune 500 companies, including Starbucks, Wal-Mart, Aramark, Bank of America, GM, Wells Fargo, and Time Warner, plus government agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service, the United States Air Force Academy, the Census Bureau, the U.S. Senate, and the Department of Defense. Laura was the 2011-2012 President of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and is the recipient of the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, NSA's highest earned designation. She lives with her husband and three children in Denver, Colorado.