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Dealing with interruptions
- Add interruptions to your to-do list to come back to later.
- Keep a “read later” list. whenever you come across a tempting article.
- Keep a “bright ideas” repository. Instead of following up on your ideas immediately, keep a running list of thoughts you want to come back to later.
- Set aside exploratory time for your “read later” and “bright ideas” lists.
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There is always a temptation to multi-task that will interfere with your focus.
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- Cutting out distractions.
- Make a single-tasking plan you’ll actually stick to.
- Dealing with unavoidable distractions.
- Getting back on track when you’ve fallen off the single-tasking band wagon.
- Trying to focus on more than one thing at a time reduces your productivity by as much as 40%. That’s the cognitive equivalent of pulling an all-nighter.
- The average desk job employee loses 2.1 hours a day to distractions and interruptions. That adds up to over a full da...
44% of work distractions are self-inflicted and another 23% come from emails.
That means you have complete control to cut out (or at least drastically reduce) 67% of the productivity-killing distractions that derail your entire workday....
- you tend to work on the right things. Effective single-tasking requires planning. Starting your day without a plan is just asking for distraction and inefficiency.
- you accomplish more in less time with less stress: Intentionally focusing on one task at a t...
- Procrastinate on purpose: you can limit distractions' impact on your productivity by simply adding them to your to-do list to come back to later.
- Keep a “read later” list for the helpful articles you come across.
- Keep a “bright ideas” repository: keep a r...
- Keep a to-do list with focused, actionable items.
- Visualize your to-do’s one at a time.
- Schedule your daily to-do’s. Each task gets a specific time slot when you’ll only work on that one item on your list.
- Create unrealistically short deadlines...
- Use apps that block online distractions.
- Turn off notifications and see the difference in your productivity.
- Use two computers: one for the things that are distracting and one for the focused work.
- Only keep one tab open at time.
- Turn off notifications or at least turn on priority notifications.The time and mental focus lost in attention-switching even for a second adds up throughout the day.
- Use two computers - one for doing work and productive things, the other to do unproductive work.
- Keep a to-do list with focused, actionable items.
- Visualize your to-do’s one at a time, by writing them on sticky notes.
- Schedule your daily to-do’s.
- Create unrealistically short deadlines: it for...
- When you work on one thing at a time, you tend to work on the right things, because you have to plan your tasks.
- When you single-task you accomplish more in less time with less stress. Intentionally focusing on one task at a time has been proven the most efficient way t...
- Take regular breaks throughout the day. Our brains simply did not evolve to focus on one thing for extended periods of time - the longer we work without the breaks, the more prone to distraction we become.
- Forgive yourself when your day doesn’t go as planned. Ruminating...
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