Productivity = FOCUS!
Productivity can be boiled down to one word—FOCUS. There are two types of focus you need to master productivity. First, the ability to manage distractions so that you can focus moment-to-moment on the task at hand, and second, the skill of focusing on what’s truly important to you in the big picture, so you don’t waste your day on stupid stuff. ~ Mel Robbins
Author Mel Robbins suggests that managing distractions is a lot like you following through on your health goals. You are never going to feel like conquering your health goals, but you have to get yourself up and get the body in motion.
Even though you know you should turn off pop-up alerts, silence your phone, and stop checking email every five minutes, this knowledge doesn’t change your behavior. I could bury you with research about how bad this is, but it wouldn’t change your behavior. It does start with a decision that distractions are BAD! Distractions of any sort is the kiss of death to productivity. It is now a fact that open office concepts are destructive to productive focus in corporations.
You know that you should turn off push notifications, pop-up alerts, silence your phone, and stop checking your email every 5-minutes. Knowing that you should do something is not going to change your behavior toward productivity and focused work.
Nothing changes until you change! Push notifications are not more important than focused work!
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