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- - - - Turn off notifications.
      - Use two computers.
      - Only keep one tab open at time.
      - Use separate desktop spaces.
      - Work offline whenever possible.
      - Schedule your email time.
        
        Handle any emails that will take 2-minutes or less. Add everything else to your to-do list to focus on later.
      - Use a service like Freedom to block online distractions.
    - - Keep a to-do list with focused, actionable items
        
        While a daily review requires a time investment up front, it will pay huge dividends throughout the day as you single-task your way through your list.
      - Visualize your to-do’s one at a time.
        
        One simple, way to do this is to transfer your to-do’s from your task manager onto post-it notes when you’re planning out your day
      - Schedule your daily to-do’s.
      - Create unrealistically short deadlines.
        
        Giving yourself less time to complete tasks forces you to stay focused
        
        There’s nothing like a deadline to keep things moving. And when things are moving fast, we can’t help but focus on them. How many people run a race while texting? If you really only have 30 minutes to finish a presentation you thought would take an hour, are you really going to answer an interrupting call?
      - Theme your days.
        
        way to single-task your way through multiple concurrent projects
        
        One of the best things I ever did to make sure I stayed on top of all of what I had going on was to assign each of the days of the week a general theme. By doing this, I gave my mind clues as to what to place precedence on each day before I even have to look at my to do list. So instead of my mind asking a loaded question (“What do I have to do today?”) it now asks a question that has fewer possibilities by default (“It’s Monday, so it’s Blogging Day. What tasks do I need/want to do that fall under that theme?”).
    - - Procrastinate on purpose.
        
        limit their impact on your productivity by simply adding them to your to-do list to come back to later.
      - Keep a “read later” list.
      - Keep a “bright ideas” repository.
      - Set aside exploratory time.
        
        Your “read later” and “bright ideas” lists will only be effective if you actually make the time to go back and review them. Unfocused, agenda-free thinking time is essential for creativity and professional development. If we’re heads-down getting things done all the time, we may miss opportunities and lose track of the big picture.
        
        What I’d recommend is to schedule blocks of time in your calendar for reading. If you see an interesting post outside of that time, bookmark it and return to it at the time you’ve blocked off. This turns reading from a potentially endless time-suck into a carefully managed “task”, just like meetings, writing or anything else you do for your business.
    - - Take regular breaks throughout the day.
      - Forgive yourself when your day doesn’t go as planned.