We often think of attention as something that just happens to us, pulled by distractions, demands, and the noise of daily life. But what if noticing were actually a choice?
In this episode, Gayle Lantz reflects on a memorable lesson she learned from her father, an electrical engineer who always looked for what could be better, and who tended to find the good in every situation, and in people.
Many of us have grown so accustomed to our environments, our teams, our organizations, our routines that we’ve stopped really seeing them. Opportunities go unnoticed. People go unseen. Progress goes uncelebrated.
But what you choose to notice shapes how you think, how you lead, and how you live.
Gayle introduces a simple but transformative practice, PNC: Pause, Notice, and Choose, and challenges leaders to apply it more deliberately in their work and daily lives.
This episode is a gentle reminder that sometimes the next breakthrough doesn’t come from doing more. It comes from seeing more clearly.
This episode covers:
- Why noticing is a choice and why that matters for leaders
- Three areas every leader should be paying closer attention to
- The danger of becoming so task-focused that you stop seeing the people around you.
- Why training yourself to notice what’s working is just as important as identifying what isn’t
- How to tune into your instincts and why it takes courage to trust them
- The PNC practice: Pause, Notice, and Choose
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Previous CEO On The Go Episodes:
De-Escalate to Lead – The Neuroscience of Emotional Control with Doug Noll #310
Breaking Down Silos Before They Break Your Organization #309