In a world full of distractions, you'll gain a professional edge by focusing on the right things. Often this means not spending time on certain activities or allowing problems to remain unsolved.

I call this scenario, Watering Your Weeds. Find out what you can do to reclaim your productive time, in this week's episode of The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast.

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Motivational Keynote Speaker, Author, and Broadcaster, Ken Okel understands the challenge of change. He's embraced it and shares his unique career observations with audiences.

The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast gives you easy to implement tips that will improve your productivity, performance, and profits.  For more about Ken, clips of his live speaking presentations and workshops, plus his weekly productivity tips, visit KenOkel.com. And yes, Ken does present virtually, which sometimes makes him look a little taller.

For more than a decade, TV audiences watched Ken on the news. At several stations, they saw him perform as a TV news anchor, a reporter, a weatherman, and even a talk show host.

Ken then moved into the nonprofit world for several adventures. These saw him do everything from running a professional ballet company to organizing more than 100 hurricane relief volunteers.