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A quick tip on concentration

I’m easily distrac­ted in the office, especially when I’m working on something less than engaging. Here’s two things I’ve started doing to aid concentration:

  1. Set your browser’s homepage to the web-site you’re working on right now, as opposed to something etern­ally distract­ing like popurls.
  2. Hide the bookmarks toolbar, so you’re not tempted to click on any of the lovely buttons sat there saying click me!

Simple things, but they work for me. Anybody got any others?

  • This entry was posted on Monday, August 21st, 2006 at 10:47 am and is filed under Geek, Web Code, Work.
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7 Responses to “A quick tip on concentration”

1. Weon on August 21st, 2006 at 2:44 pm

Realise that you really need to do the work in order to pay the mortgage. That usually helps me to concentrate.

2. Olly on August 21st, 2006 at 10:24 pm

Yeah, that’d do it :)

3. matt on August 22nd, 2006 at 5:32 pm

Close email.
Remember the faster you work the less you have to work.

4. Ian on August 22nd, 2006 at 8:56 pm

I finding switch­ing to a task that is non work related greatly increases my concen­tra­tion, and then switch­ing back to work only when panic levels have reached a suitably excess­ive point :)

5. Pete on August 23rd, 2006 at 9:07 am

Turn off RSS feeds to friends blog sites.

6. Olly on August 23rd, 2006 at 10:48 am

:(

Closing the feed reader altogether is far more effective.

7. matt on August 24th, 2006 at 4:33 pm

And in non-computery advice: eat a proper break­fast, like toast, weetabix, things high in fibre and goodness, proper lunch (appar­ently 2pm-3pm is the time when most workers get restless), get good night’s sleep, lots of water to keep you clean inside, keep a “to do list” so you can concen­trate on the work, not on what trying to remem­ber what you’re supposed to be doing.

(p.s. do as I say not as I do ;) )