Triggers are the patterns our body uses to communicate its needs to our brain. So if your back hurts, for example, you stretch. If your stomach is empty, you get hungry and look for a snack.

To control your internal triggers, you have to understand they are necessary. And you can’t get rid ...

The first step in dealing with external stimuli is to learn how to delay them. For example, if your phone rings, you need to train yourself to resist and check it out only once you finish your tasks.

• Write down everything that distracted you coming from an external source.

The last step for resisting distractions is to discourage them through other techniques. Here, you focus on building obstacles for some distractions to keep them distant.

A typical example is putting the phone in another room. The spatial barrier you build between yourself and your phone ma...

Have you ever tracked how much time you spend getting distracted and getting back to work?

Gloria Mark found out that you will switch tasks every 3 minutes on average while working in front of a computer.

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Lucky for you, there are many ways in which you can block out distractions and work on your projects. And in this article, I will share with you four of them:

1. Control your internal triggers.
2. Find your purpose.

If you want to become a productive content creator, you need to learn how to focus on your craft. And you can learn how to block out distractions in 4 simple steps.

First, you need to control your internal triggers. Then, you can search for a purpose that makes you focus on a single goal an...