Writing By Hand Minimizes Distraction

Our lives are infiltrated by noise and distractions.

We let ourselves get distracted by phone rings, notifications, email, etc., which take up most of our day.

Even when there is no distraction, the phone silently sitting next to you is a psychological distraction in itself, as you...

• Make a habit of gathering all your to-dos in one place - from email, personal tasks like cooking meals, to new ideas for projects. Capture your tasks in a productivity system and add a date when you need to do it.
• Stay focused by eliminating distractions.

• Have a written meeting, before your face-to-face one: You’ll be able to communicate them intelligently when the meeting comes.
• Many problems that feel overwhelming are suddenly simplified once you write them down.
•  Simply the act of writing down an explanatio...