When I Decided to Keep My Head Down
Post this paragraph on My Path : I think that’s what’s wrong with the world; no one says what they really feel, they always hol it inside. They’re sad, but they don’t cry. They’re happy, but they don’t dance or sing. They’re angry, but they don’t scream. Because if they do, they feel ashamed and that’s the worst feeling in the world. So everyone walks with their heads down and no one sees how beautiful the sky is. – Anonymous And my friend commented on my comment column : Why Do you need you need to put your head down? Because, as Jackson asserts, focused minds produce great work. This is why he advocates “head down” time: a section of the day for focused, productive work –aspirin, if you will. The problem, he says, is that we’re usually “heads up,” wading through the sundry stimuli of tweets, meetings, and other assorted tasks. Before we know it, it feels like we’ve sacrificed our career to the fickle gods of email. Why Does putti...