Eliminate Distractions

• Fight technology with technology. Example: _Freedom _lets you customize what apps and websites you can access during dedicated periods of deep work.
• Listen to the right music. Background music that’s familiar, repetitive, relatively simple, and not...

Distractions and things that take away from tasks aren’t just bad in the moment, it takes time to get brain waves back into attention and focus

Tip: if someone enters your office or workspace, acknowledge their presence but don’t shift your body or reorient yourself

Distractions can be divided into three major groups: physical (i.e. possessions), intangible (i.e. technology), and people.

Anything that interrupts your work when you are in Deep Work state and/or doesn’t contribute to the life you want to build classifies as a ...