Countering Distractions In Our Lives

By Cheval John

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Distractions come in many forms and can hinder you from accomplishing your work.

It could be watching television or checking that e-mail the very first thing in the morning.

Sometimes distractions happen to the best of us.

When we have a monumental task to get done, we might use distractions to put those tasks off.

If a person does that, then they will end up feeling guilty about not finishing the task at hand.

So one of the best ways to avoid distractions at all cost is to set a deadline of when you want to get the most important task done.

That way, it will force you to focus on your work.

Tim Ferris shared in the *Four Hour Work Week on how he was able to get a huge paper finished in a short amount of time for one of his undergraduate classes.

Though it was not a distraction that got him in the predicament of rushing to get a paper finished, the deadline was set for him by his professor.

At the same time, the professor introduced him to a principle called “Parkinson’s Law.”

Parkinson’s Law is **”the adage that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”.

In the case of Mr. Ferris, the term paper was the most important task for him.

So he spent all night working on the paper and was able to turn it in before the deadline and got an A.

So whenever we are faced with a distraction, find a task that is super important that you will have no choice but to work on it.

As for me, the one distraction I will eliminate is looking at the e-mail first thing in the morning because it will allow me to be super focus on creating great articles for the site and thinking of ways to help people feel good about themselves.

What is the one distraction that you will eliminate? You can leave your comment below.

** Definition is from Wikipedia