- [?] The successful journal has a good passage about this, so does atomic habits
When you interrupt your focus or focus time it’s a struggle to regain that same focus. It is from the utmost importance to kill these productivity killers.
Some productivity killers are
- Youtube
- A lot of non time important communication
- Most meetings
- Most emails
- Most instant messages
- Games, especially ‘quick’ and ‘small’ games.
As interruptions are productivity killers, the biggest offenders are the so-called time-wasters. These are activities that have none to almost no benefit to your work, productivity or even psyche and can be cut out of your life without consequences.
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Keep people in the loop
When we cut out useful or necessary interruptions like some form of communication, it is important to keep the affected people informed and manage their expectations.
Reference
Ferriss, Timothy. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich. Expanded and Updated ed., 1st revised ed, Crown Publishers, 2009.
Highlights or timestamps
You should especially be on the lookout for interruptions – things that prevent you from completing important tasks, from start to finish, without pause. Perhaps the most costly kind of interruptions are time wasters. A time waster is any task that you can ignore without negative ramifications.
— ^9d4cac from The 4-Hour Workweek
As you do this, keep your friends, family, and coworkers in the loop.
— ^4dbdab from The 4-Hour Workweek