Home topics workplace managing-blogs Managing Managing Why being present is a crucial business skill Jessica Reid March 12, 2012 Being present and focused takes willpower, but achieve it and you’ll be amazed at all the tasks you’ll be able to tick off your business to-do list. Here is something interesting about me: I used to be a competitive ballroom dancer. It’s such an exciting and deliciously consuming sport to be involved in. I used to compete at a fairly high level, and it meant that I had a variety of coaches. My parents and my partner and generally, those not in the dancing world, didn’t understand why I needed so many different coaches every week who pretty much all taught me the same thing. The lesson here doesn’t only apply to dance lessons. Sometimes, you can have three different people tell you the same thing, in their different ways, and still not have the penny drop. But you might get to the fourth person and the way that they tell you might just drop the penny so hard that when it hits the ground it splits in two. This is why I’m a huge fan of putting a message across, multiple times, in different ways. My last article talked about focus, and how it can help you be more productive and achieve more in your day . Now, I’m going to introduce you to a different concept around being focused. It’s called being present. No, this does not mean that