From Distraction to Focus: The Reset Mindset Journey
On this episode of the Take Command podcast, Joe hosts Penny Zenker—a TEDx and keynote speaker, bestselling author twice over, and a self-proclaimed “focusologist.” What does that mean? To Penny, it means being present and conscious in the moment. “I believe that we've lost connection, and so we need to relearn and recommit to focus,” she says. But we’re living in a world where everything is “pushed” toward us and wants immediate attention. She says, “Let's move and be intentional to pull it when we want it. If we leave it where we're in the push world, then we're at the mercy and the interruptions of anything and everything.” Penny also walks listeners through four critical questions from her new book The Reset Mindset that will help them regain focus. Catch this episode to learn all about why we should ask ourselves “What’s next?”, what the gatekeepers are that help protect our focus, and what an -ologist really is.
Take Command: A Leadership Podcast · Joe Hart, Penny Zenker
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Show Notes
About the Guest:
You’ll always find this guest asking new questions because that’s just who Penny Zenker is. Penny says her career path has been a “crazy old maze,” taking her from accounting and finance to building and selling a multi-million-dollar company, to becoming a keynote speaker and executive coach. But she couldn’t have done any of it without her “focusology” practice. “The name of the game is how to be more intentional in a time where everybody is vying for our attention,” she says.
After her dad’s accidental death when she was nineteen, Penny started asking “Why me?” but quickly changed her tune to ask: “What does this mean?” She says this mindset helped her “be more conscious of my words, the questions that I ask myself, and what I really want.” And Penny has made all of it happen. Listen in to hear Penny’s story.
What You Will Learn:
- Strategies to bring together “attention and intention and give it direction”
- How to work through insecurities to perform at the highest level
- Lessons in why following fear won’t get you anywhere
- Directions for dynamically reassessing your direction in favor of the future
This episode has it all—insightful questions, fun moments, and many, many pearls of wisdom. Penny encourages listeners to learn to step back, gain perspective, and take those lessons to realign for the future. She’ll tell you all about how when you listen to this episode of the Take Command podcast.
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