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6 ways to beat distractions in today’s world 📵

Sam M
3 min readAug 20, 2023

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Focus and concentration is pretty hard in today’s technological society; distractions pop up far too frequently, stopping us from achieving a state of high flow and productivity.

On average, we work for only 40 seconds when completing computer work before being distracted or interrupted. It then takes 22 minutes to resume working with good concentration after an external distraction or interruption.

Focus is essential, however, if you want to complete good work and advance. Almost every successful individual on the planet would agree that in order to achieve highly, you need to be able to harness impenetrable focus.

This article outlines 6 key ways that you can fight distractions and develop unbreakable focus.

Distractions and interruptions

There’s a key difference between distractions and interruptions;

Interruptions happen to us. Distractions are caused by us.

Illustration from Learn + Grow.

Although they’re different, they’re both just as detrimental.

Work on combatting detractions and interruptions so that you can perform at your best!

6 ways to beat distractions

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Sam M
Sam M

Written by Sam M

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