Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst
Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst
Curt Steinhorst
Focuswise CEO, Curt Steinhorst, helps leaders harness the power of human attention. Curt works with innovative leaders around the globe, using the Focuswise approach to teach, train, and provide tools that enable individuals and organizations to eliminate costly distractions and create cultures of focus — achieving greater productivity, engagement, innovation, and joy.
A Counterintuitive Solution for Overwork and Burnout
Welcome back to another FocusBreak with Curt Steinhorst. This week, Curt shares a story about friend and colleague, Mark Skeba, reaching a breaking point in his corporate career – that moment he recognized work was negatively impacting his life and that he needed to do something about it. Tune in to hear how focusing on an idea that's thousands of years of helped find the rest he needed.
Oct 21, 2021
5 min
Building a billion-dollar empire and getting home for dinner
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst. This week, Curt addresses the myth that success is tied to constant availability and prioritizing work above all else – and he shares a story from Mark Rampolla, founder and former CEO of ZICO Beverages. shares a story from Mark Rampolla, founder and former CEO of ZICO Beverages, about
Oct 14, 2021
4 min
End workplace drama with geometry
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst. This week, Curt recaps a conversation he had with Kris Gaerlan, President of Dallas Lease Returns, about how he leads his team — and he shared a radically different approach for handling workplace friction adapted from the Karpman Triangle.
Oct 1, 2021
4 min
What’s the greater meaning in your job?
Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst. This week, Curt discusses why “naming your role” – that is, identifying the meaning, purpose, and intent every job has in the greater mission – matters now for Millennials (and everyone else).
Sep 23, 2021
5 min
How to "Respect the Red"
Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst. This week Curt discusses what it means to "Respect the Red" and how this tip can shift the culture in your office toward productivity.
Sep 17, 2021
4 min
Unscrambling the Mental Spaghetti of the Pandemic
Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst. This week Curt discusses why he and his team created My Pandemic Journal and how this powerful tool can help us process the moments that have reshaped our lives and will influence the future.
Sep 10, 2021
4 min
Wisdom from Lin-Manuel Miranda's latest musical
Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst. This week Curt discusses why he has been ruminating on the lyrics from Lin-Manuel Miranda's latest musical, Vivo – and how those words speak to anyone facing the challenge of moving forward in these turbulent times.
Sep 3, 2021
5 min
Leading Through the Fog
Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst. We've always had uncertainty, but it's greater than ever now. With the confluence of COVID, an economic crisis, social unrest, a divided society, and a turbulent environment, how do we plan? This week Curt shares for tips on leading through uncertainty.
Aug 27, 2021
5 min
Lessons in focus from the Olympics: A conversation with Katie Hoff
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst. This week, Curt interviews former Olympic medalist, competitive swimmer, and record-holder, Katie Hoff.
Aug 9, 2021
11 min
How to impact the lives around you
What is the key to having an impact on the lives around you? How can you ensure you’re welcome in other’s hearts, homes, or workplaces? What makes your friends and family feel things are always better when you’re in the room? In this week’s Focus Break, Curt Steinhorst pays tribute to his Uncle Gary – a man defined by the impact he made on others’ lives. Tune in to learn what Gary did – that most of us don’t do – to create extraordinary relationships.
Jul 15, 2021
3 min
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