Comments on: Stay Focused and Avoid Distractions: The Next 3 Things

By: Do You Limit Yourself and Your Success? | Big Girl Branding | Marketing | Copywriting

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:25:55 +0000

[...] just the tip of the iceberg. Everyone’s situation is unique and each unique situation affords their own distractions. But that was just a little fun exercise to give you an idea of what you might face as an [...]

By: 集中できない原因はタスクリストにあるのかも « When you were young

集中できない原因はタスクリストにあるのかも « When you were young — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:35:01 +0000

[...] WebWorkerDailyにそうした思いを記した一文があり、とても共感したので引用します。 Recently, I realized that I was getting distracted and spending too much time in an unlikely area: my task list. Wait, aren’t task lists a good thing to spend time on? Yes, to a point. However, I realized that I was spending way too much time re-reading my task list to decide which task to tackle next. It isn’t unusual for me to have 10-20 items that I would like to finish, and those items vary in priority and urgency. Every time I completed a task, I had to go back to my task list to pick my next task. Stay Focused and Avoid Distractions: The Next 3 Things – WebWorkerDaily [...]

By: My Dirty Little Task Management Secret – WebWorkerDaily

My Dirty Little Task Management Secret – WebWorkerDaily — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:01:25 +0000

[...] is that I never knew what task to tackle next, which is why I needed to start a separate “next three things“ list. (As an aside, I find the “next three things” list to be pretty useful, so [...]

By: 55 Tips to Instantly Make Your Brain Stronger and Faster

55 Tips to Instantly Make Your Brain Stronger and Faster — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:12:27 +0000

[...] to avoid distractions: Concentrate on what you are doing, and try to avoid distractions when [...]

By: Bambi Gordon

Bambi Gordon — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:36:38 +0000

Anoher suggestion is to put down the estimated time it will take to complete the task, on the to-do list. I like to do a list first thing in the morning (using the one from the day before – which hopefully has had some things crossed off), number the top 5 (regardless of the order that I have written the list) and put an estimated time to complete next to each item. This will often help show why you aren’t getting 20 hours work done in 8 to 12 hours each day!

By: Sabrina Beaudin

Sabrina Beaudin — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:04:56 +0000

Great blog post! My fiance and I are in a similar situation (both work from home) and I’m the type who gets distracted by household chores. I have taken the advice of my better half and reward myself for completed tasks – example, I can go to the grocery store when I finish task X.

By: Deb Pierson

Deb Pierson — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:56:06 +0000

Scheduling time on the calendar with automatic reminders helps me focus on what is important. Actually shutting down email, twitter and IM and putting my phone on Do Not Disturb is a good tool when I need to focus. Great tips in your post, thanks!