Summary Focus is important. You gain focus by removing distractions and dealing efficiently with interruptions. Interruptions are, essentially, someone else controlling your time. Interruptions are the natural enemy of focus, and, therefore, time management. Interruptions are bad because they delay your current work but also because returning to the prior task can lead to errors. Fixing those errors can take more time than the original task. Removing distractions helps you to keep focus: clean your desk and your computer desktop, and remove distractions from your office. Disable IM, new email
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