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Alongside top-level executives, Vaughn Moore shares his personal insight with the readers of Logistics Management Magazine. In the View From The Top special edition, Moore, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, challenges himself to be present in every aspect of life...

Life is consumed with busy agendas and challenging schedules. Organizing a constant inflow of paperwork, meetings, and email correspondences at work, while keeping up with our home and family life probably sounds familiar to many of you. My personal insight that helps me overcome a hectic schedule is my challenge to be present in every aspect of life. This requires an undivided attention, and engaging focus, to...

A realistic example comes to mind during a situation with my 3-year old daughter. After being out of town on business for several days, I decided to spend time with my daughter at the local park. Within minutes of arriving at the play area, I found myself juggling my swinging-sliding-climbing daughter with multiple incoming cell phone calls from the office. Somewhere during scratching a few notes on the back of my dry cleaning ticket and holding my daughter up on the monkey bars, I realized I was not fully giving myself to my daughter or the people that needed to speak to me. It was at that point that I decided to turn off my cell phone for a while and spend quality time with my daughter. Before long, a quiet yet persistent message began to form - that nothing of real value can take place in my life unless I first make a decision to...

While in the office, it isn't unusual for me to receive several hundred emails and dozens of phone calls a day. These responsibilities coincide with overseeing countless projects and an overflowing workload, not to mention numerous meeting hours of making solid business decisions. I suspect this picture sounds familiar to many of you. This is what corporate America has become - business life in the fast lane. I find it immensely satisfying, and incredibly challenging, all at the same time. One thing is for certain: the job, the people, and challenges require my complete attention to...

Various stimuli come at us from every direction, in disparate forms, and at a relentless pace, each demanding our attention. I am not attempting to lecture that being present is a simplistic answer to a complicated reality we all face. However, a simple principle, acting as a wonderful little reminder that provides a straightforward guideline, keeps my priorities in order. Practicing to be present helps me stay on track toward reaching my goals and setting my priorities. Most importantly, being present helps me compartmentalize and focus on the task at hand, the person I am listening to, or attending to that little girl who lights up my life.

No guideline or bit of advice - even if it's completely correct - has the power to change people unless it is applied. Being present takes a constant commitment to keep putting it to work in various situations. That, I believe, is the ongoing challenge of being present. I hope you find this observation helpful, and I wish each of you success on your journey to...