Time and Distraction reflection

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Time and Distraction reflection

• Reflection on competing needs

Plan to Plan

• Start the day with a 10 minute planning space

Delegate to technology

• Use technology effectively to cut out duplication and repetition

Use a variety of memory based approaches

• Hearing, Text, Visual and Tactile

Enable Planning

• Learning Planning processes

• Remove Procratination

• Self reflect on organisational practices

• Develop a can do mindset

I Can't Get My Work Done:

• An  hour per day  of distracted time translates into $10,375 of wasted productivity per person per year, assuming an average salary of $30/hour. 
• That is more than the average U.S. driver will spend this year to own and maintain a car, according to the Automobile Association of America (AAA). 
• Toggling between multiple applications/windows/tabs/items on the desktop contributes to the problem of distraction, along with using multiple devices at the same time. 
• 45% of survey respondents keep at least six items open simultaneously, and 65% report using one to three desktop or mobile devices in addition to their main computer.

From Associated Content: a few active steps you can take to minimize distractions:

• Know yourself and what distracts you
• Change your atmosphere if necessary (turn down or up  music, for instance)
• Limit computer distractions to certain times of day or a certain number of times (such as checking your email 3 xs/day)
• Don’t take calls unless convenient for you; you can call back
• Shorten conversations with coworkers

Email Distraction

• STOP REACTING
• According to a 2007 study by Loughborough University academic, Thomas Jackson, most of us reply to e-mails immediately - many within six seconds. Then it takes at least a minute to recover our thoughts. Not long after, more e-mails arrive, with more checking, and so on.