From the course: Enhancing Your Productivity
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Eliminating internal distractions
From the course: Enhancing Your Productivity
Eliminating internal distractions
In the previous video we talked about external distractions, all of those things outside of you that demand your focus, but what about the things that you do internally to yourself? It's becoming more common for people to feel that they're unable to focus. While there may be psychological or even genetic reasons behind this, everyone can benefit to some degree from the switch reducing tips that I'm going to share with you. I call these tips switchbusters. The first common internal switch is, when people constantly check their messages to see if they have something new. Call it refresh addiction. I put refresh addiction in the internal category, because your mind has become accustomed to checking, regardless of outside notification. In fact there have been studies showing that this urge to check messages is similar to compulsive gambling. You can combat refresh addiction with the same switchbuster you used to stop external message reminders. Set a schedule to check messages, rather…
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