Posts Tagged ‘distractions’

Dealing with Distractions

We each have many distractions that keep us from getting things done. I noticed a few prominent distractions in my life this week (Twitter and Digg are taking over!) and I felt that it was time to address the problem! I know that I am capable of getting things done and achieving things but I've noticed that distractions can get the better of me. When I've planned to research… Continue reading

May 25 2009 | By Paul | Tagged: attention, concentration, distractions, Productivity | 12 comments»

3 Strategies for Dealing With External Distractions

There are different types of distractions, but one of the most common types that derails our work ethic day after day are external distractions. Email, news feeds, Twitter, Skype, those old kettles that squeal, the sound of the newspaper hitting the front door, the neighbour's little monster who runs past your office window screaming and swinging from your clothesline.Ahem. Moving on.Much of the time, we succumb to these distractions… Continue reading

September 10 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: attention, distractions, firewalling, motivation | 13 comments»

How Your iPod Can Make You More Productive

The iPod is an incredible organizing device! It takes many shelves worth of CDs and condenses them into one tiny gadget, thereby reducing clutter. The iPod (and iTunes) also took away the classic dilemma highlighted in the movie High Fidelity: Should you organize your music collection alphabetically by artist? Or by genre first? Now you can organize it any way you want with a couple of clicks.Looking at the… Continue reading

April 22 2008 | By Lorie | Tagged: collection, distractions, ipod, music, organizing, Productivity | 24 comments»