I often talk about how useful it can be for business owners to have someone to look over their numbers, review their strategy or even just bounce ideas around with.

I realised how often this can apply to any of us in almost any context where we can be so focussed on something, or expecting a particular outcome, that we miss the obvious. This morning I was talking to some who told me about the research summarised in the article in this link – basically students were so focussed on a basket ball game that they didnt notice a gorilla wandering around!

http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/831.cfm

Focus on the road ahead is good – but not realising that you are about to trip over the broken kerb with your next step can be quite painful.