In the past week I’ve gotten literally hundreds of emails from folks regarding time management.
As people are signing up for the time management class that launches next week, I’ve been asking them about their biggest frustrations in terms of managing and scheduling their time.
By far and away one of the biggest challenges I’m hearing from people is that of distractions and interruptions.
In light of that, I wanted to share with you a quick and simple activity you can do to help with those distractions.
Try this:
- Take a sheet of paper, and draw a line down the middle from top to bottom.
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At the top of the left-hand column, write “Distractions and Interruptions”.
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Above the right-hand column, write “Solutions”.
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Now, list out as many distractions and interruptions you can think of. Anything and everything that stands in the way of you doing what it is you want to do.
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Then, next to each one, list a possible way for how you can remove that distraction or interruption.
This is a play straight out of The Focus Course, and the idea is 2-fold:
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For one, you won’t be able to implement a solution for every single distraction and interruption on your list. But I bet you can solve at least a few of them. And every little bit helps.
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Secondly, and most importantly, this gets you in the driver’s seat. It’s a way for you to be proactive when it comes to those external distractions that get in the way of doing your focused work.