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Protect your attention
An Attention Log, a Focus Setup Plan and a Focus Block Plan help you see your interruptions, set up your tools and finish the work that matters.
Camderson Academy · CA-PC-011
Do your best work with the attention and energy you have.
A practical, self-paced course for people in every role. See where your attention goes, set up your tools and signals, plan focus blocks, work with your energy, rest on purpose and prepare your questions about breaks and hours, with simple tools you can use this week.
About 3 hours · 6 lessons · Beginner · For every role and department · Self-paced · Tools you keep
Make the most of your best hours.
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Work with your energy
An Energy Map and a Break and Recovery Plan help you put demanding work in your best hours and rest in ways that fit your job.
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Know what to ask
A Request and Adjust Card helps you gather your policy and facts, prepare questions about breaks and hours, and ask your employer for a change you need.
Learning outcomes
What you will be able to do
Practical outcomes, each practiced in an exercise and checked in the final assessment or the capstone.
- Keep an Attention Log for one day and choose one pull on your attention to change.
- Set alerts, check times and a heads-down signal that fit your job, and tell your team.
- Plan a focus block with one task, a buffer, an if-then plan and a next-step note.
- Rate your energy for a week and match demanding work to your best hours.
- Plan short breaks, a midday reset and an end-of-day shutdown that fit your role.
- Prepare a Request and Adjust Card with your written policy, your questions and a plain-words request for a change.
Your toolkit
Simple tools for focus, attention and energy at work
Attention Log
Log · Spot · Choose · Test
Record one workday of pulls on your attention and choose one to change.
Focus Setup Plan
Silence · Schedule · Signal · Say
Set your alerts, check times and a heads-down signal for one week.
Focus Block Plan
Pick · Size · If-then · Close
Plan one task, a realistic block, an if-then plan and a next-step note.
Energy Map
Track · Spot · Match · Protect
Rate your energy through the day and match demanding work to your best hours.
Break and Recovery Plan
Pause · Move · Reset · Shut down
Plan short breaks, a midday reset and an end-of-day shutdown.
Request and Adjust Card
Find · Write down · Ask · Keep a copy · Follow up
Record your policy, your questions and how you will ask for a change.
See. Set up. Plan. Match. Rest. Ask.
Curriculum
Inside the course
2 modules, 6 lessons with worked examples
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Protect Your Attention
See where your attention goes, set up your alerts and signals and plan focus blocks.
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Work with Your Energy
Match work to your energy, rest on purpose and prepare your questions on breaks and hours.
What is included
Skills, tools and templates you keep and use in your work
- 6 lessons, each with a written lesson, worked examples and figures, at your own pace
- A running example from Pryce Valley Herald, a fictional organization where people in every team put these skills to work
- A fillable Workbook with Try it and Reflect pages for every lesson
- Focus and Energy Templates (Word) for every teaching tool
- A practice tracker with live formulas, a solutions version and a reusable template
- Quick Reference Cards and the Case Pack
- An optional visual companion PDF with every lesson figure
- Knowledge checks for every module and a 20-question final assessment
- A capstone you can build for your own team or a fictional case, with a rubric you use to check your own work
- Access to the Camderson Academy community
- A Camderson Academy Certificate of Completion when you pass the final assessment and the capstone
Is this course right for you?
This course is for you if
- You want to protect your focus despite interruptions and a heavy workload
- You want simple tools for managing alerts, check times and your day
- You want to plan around your energy and prepare your questions on breaks and hours
It is not the right fit if
- You need legal advice about a particular pay, hours or accommodation question, or want a course to tell you what the law requires where you live
- You need medical or mental health advice about sleep, attention or stress
- You want training on one specific app or device (this course is vendor-neutral)
Your instructor
Meet your instructor
Taught by Camderson Advisory
A consulting firm for practical workplace skills
Your instructor is Camderson Advisory, a consulting firm that helps organizations build practical skills for the people who do the work. In this course, your instructor helps you protect your attention, work with your energy and ask for a change you need, in every role.
About
About Camderson Academy
Camderson Academy is the education division of Camderson Advisory Services. Camderson helps leaders build organizations that work without them in the room. Everything we teach has been used in a real organization first.
Training a team?
We offer group enrollment for teams and whole organizations that want everyone, in every role and department, to build the same skills. Email connect@camderson.com to talk through your group.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need any experience or a previous course?
No. There is no prerequisite. If you want to protect your focus and energy at work, you are ready.
Who is this course for?
Employees in any role and department, including individual contributors, new hires, team members, managers and leaders. The example is a local news organization, and the tools fit offices, shops, clinics, schools, nonprofits and businesses of every size.
How long do I have access?
Your access does not expire. We review the course on a regular cycle, and any updates are added for you at no extra cost.
How long does it take?
About 3 hours in total, including the written lessons, the Try it exercises, the knowledge checks, the final assessment and the capstone. Everything is self-paced.
Questions about your purchase?
Email support through academy.camderson.com.
What tools do I need?
A spreadsheet program that opens .xlsx files (Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Apple Numbers or LibreOffice Calc), a word processor that opens .docx files and a PDF reader. All templates and practice files are included as downloads.
Do I have to use my own workplace for the capstone?
No. You can build your plan for one of the fictional roles at Sedley County Clerk's Office included in the course. If you use your own workplace, use roles instead of names and leave out anything confidential.
Does the course recommend products or give professional advice?
No. It recommends no apps, devices or vendors, and it is general education, not medical, mental health, legal, tax, financial or professional advice. It teaches you the questions to ask and points you to real sources, saying what each said on the date we read it. Laws and rules vary by state and country and they change, so before you act on a real situation, talk with your own attorney or qualified professional. Camderson Academy is not affiliated with any organization or software named in the sources.
What does the certificate confirm?
You receive a Camderson Academy Certificate of Completion after passing the final assessment and completing the capstone. This certificate confirms completion of a Camderson Academy course.
How was this course written and checked?
This course was written and edited by Camderson Advisory. Sources are listed with the date each was read. Where a source could not be opened on that date, the Sources page says so. This course teaches skills for everyday work. It is not legal, tax, financial, medical or professional advice. Laws and rules vary by place and change over time, so talk with your own attorney or qualified professional about your situation. Last updated: November 2026. Next planned review: November 2027.
Do your best work with the attention and energy you have.
Self-paced, about 3 hours, with a Workbook, templates, Quick Reference Cards and a practice tracker.
This course earns a Camderson Academy Certificate of Completion, which confirms completion of a Camderson Academy course. This course is general education about protecting attention, managing interruptions and planning work around energy. It is not medical, mental health, legal, tax, financial or professional advice. Your organization's policies and the needs of your job come first. If tiredness, sleep or trouble concentrating worries you, talk with a health professional. Laws and rules vary by state and country and they change. Before you act on a real situation, talk with your own attorney or qualified professional. Where a lesson names a source, it says what the source said on the date we read it. Examples are illustrative and all people and organizations in the case are fictional. Camderson Academy is not affiliated with any named organization or software and does not endorse any product.