Don't Put Your Phone on the Work Desk
My phone is the most distracting piece of equipment I have. In the pursuit of focus time at work, I started hiding and silencing it. This experiment has dramatically improved my productivity: I’m less distracted, I’m in the zone longer, and I have more motivation. I lost track of how many times I grabbed my phone to check something, only to find myself lost somewhere on Reddit. Receiving a funny meme during a meeting?...