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       FOCUSED VISION 

I am focused on the here and now--and me in particular: my immediate personal concerns and crises. After that, my surroundings--home, workplace, etc--and people important to me--family, friends, loved ones, those with authority over me, those whom I have authority over, etc--get my attention.  I am typically busy and focused on putting things in order or finishing a task.  Often I pay more attention to lower level, immediate details rather than to higher level (or long term) relationships or goals. (Note: While specifics vary, generally there’s little concern for the wider world, the past or future.  Extreme cases can involve obsession with personal problems, pain and suffering, with a person or pet, with some thing or some pursuit--including job, hobby, avocation, etc--or with getting details right (perfectionism)).

Related Words, Beliefs, Background -- 28 entries

More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #3: Focused Vision 

Egocentrism    (from online encyclopedia)
Lumpers and Splitters (from online encyclopedia)
The Human Mind is Naturally Prone to Follow Egocentric Tendencies
Overcoming Egocentric Thinking
Should I Pursue a Specialist or Generalist Function?, by R. Matuson (the issue in a career counseling context)
Breadth vs. Depth: A Premature Polarity, by E.D. Hirsch (the issue in an educational context)
Are You Detail Oriented?
How Do I Become a More Careful Detail-Oriented Person?
Questionnaire to Measure How Much of a Perfectionist You Are
When Worry Hijacks the Brain, by Jeffrey Kluger (2007 Time article about obsessive-compulsive disorder)
How to Know if You're Self Centered
Global Advanced Trait Description: Self Absorbed (see also narcissism on this site)
Gail Sheehy's the My Passages Tour   (read about common concerns, worries, experiences based on your "passage" through one of the four stages in adult life she identifies / create life maps -- based on her books)
Narcissism   (from online encyclopedia)
links to narcissism
tunnel vision in making business decisions
Deep Ethology: Levels of Organization ("Deep Ethology begins with a behavioral pattern and seeks insight as to its causes and consequences")
"The Two Sides of Micromanaging", by Steve Adubato
Leadership Styles (note contrast between task oriented vs. relations or people oriented leadership styles)
The Impact of Narcissism on Leadership and Sustainability
Ram Dass (author: Be Here Now)
What it Means to Live in the Moment (from Spirit and Self on Oprah.com website)
Live in the Moment? How Do You Do That? by Helaine Iris
The Power of Now, by Eckart Tolle (read excerpts from this 1999 book at Google Books)
Teaching the Flat Earth Theory, by Ellen Wedum (about helping students overcome "The Illusion of
Central Position:" the perception that the world centers on ME.)

Perfectionism  (definitions of perfectionism and the link between it and giftedness)

preoccupied  (from online encyclopedia)
Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (from online encyclopedia)
Tools for Personal Growth: Overcoming Perfectionism
obsessive preoccupation as part of the definition of a fetish
Recognition and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: American Description
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
quotes related to perfection, perfectionism
quotes related to busyness

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