Are you overwhelmed by the sheer number of emails that you receive every day? Between the job listings, Yahoo! Groups digests, mailing list dailies and updates from your favorite blogs (>cough<), do you feel stuck in the inbox quicksand?

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Are you considering taking a sick day so that you can get some work done? Do you find your mind wandering as you scan through a spreadsheet or write a post for your blog? You’re not alone. Knowing how to prevent interruptions and avoid distractions is important, but those considerations become secondary if you’ve mastered [...]

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Whether at work, on the go or at home, people rarely like to be interrupted. Here are some tips on preventing that from happening. You too can prevent interruptions Relax and get comfortable before you begin the task at hand; sit in a good chair, adjust the lighting, etc. It’s bad enough when other people [...]

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Don’t you hate it when you sit down to do something, you start getting really into it, you’re perhaps even working something complicated out in your mind and then RRRING! the phone goes or BEEPOO! an email arrives or BOOWEEP! someone messages you or HEY! you’re tapped on the shoulder…A few minutes later, you’re finally [...]

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