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Blinders and Shutters
Posted by Clayton Shold in Other "Stuff"
Blinders are used on horses to allow them to only look forward and avoid distractions to the side. Shutters are used to keep the light out or to prevent people from looking in a window. Both have specific and meaningful purposes.
Last week I was discussing the challenges of working in a multi-tasking environment with someone from the retail sales sector. She was relating the story of a co-worker who always seemed to be distracted, to the point she was not getting her day-to-day tasks completed as required. This persons advice to her co-worker was to “keep the blinders and shutters on.”
I hadn’t heard this expression before in fact my suspicion is she added the part about the shutters. I asked her what she meant and she went on to say that part of the solution was the blinders, staying focused on what needed to be done. The shutters referred to eliminating the nonsense going on that was distracting the co-worker from being productive. She explained this included ignoring the rumor mill, the office grapevine, and the negative discussions that can sometime happen around the water cooler. In days past some might have suggested wearing protective ear coverings to prevent hearing the BS, perhaps shutters is the politically correct way of saying the same thing today. Whatever … I like the expression and just might adopt it myself.
For those of you looking for advice or wishing to pass some along to others, if it involves staying focused and closing out all the negative vibes around you … then “keep the blinders and shutters on!”
Clayton Shold
Salesopedia
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