What should you pay attention to during the next few minutes? Reading my blog? Answering your phone if you receive a call? Taking a coffee break? It all depends, doesn’t it?

Each of us has a clear sense of what we must pay attention to at any given moment, and our priorities fluctuate from one second to the next, depending upon our changing circumstances.

There are some priorities, however, which endure, but which are too often forgotten or ignored. For example, we sometimes pay scant attenti...