Losing Your Mind
Have you ever been in the middle of your greatest thought and then just lost it? We’ve seen it happen in dozens of movies- the hero or heroine is just about to accomplish something great, something that will change the world, or even just their own lives, when something grabs their attention and the moment is lost forever.
We all know that distractions have a cost. Sometimes it’s a chance at a relationship, sometimes it’s catching a flight or even a phone call. Sometimes, it’s loss of productivity, and therefore money. This is the case with office distractions. Whether the distractions are welcome or a nuisance, they all have a rather large price tag: $650 billion. That’s right, distractions cost businesses hundreds of billion of dollars in just one year.
2 Tips for Avoiding Distraction at Work
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Some people have to book a conference room just to get work done.
Time Block. The basic idea is to cut away from all the turmoil in your office and devote a specific block of time to working on a project. You set a start and stop time and during that period you focus on your work. This means you shut down any unnecessary electronics and anything that rings. You can do it, I promise. With fewer (or no) distractions, you should be able to make some progress.
- Use white noise. For all the other times (the times you’re not time blocking), consider covering office distractions. With a simple desktop generator, you can block out office noise and get to work. The advantage to white noise over headphones is that you won’t be adding to the office noise by singing louder than you realized (or start typing lyrics).
Half the battle at work is having a game plan. By time blocking and covering noise, you allow your brain much needed-time to process and recalibrate,
