Blocking Distraction

Distraction frustrates progress. It’s the opposite of traction. Traction is doing what you said you’d do. Anything that pulls you away from the project is a DIStraction. 

It turns out that blocking off time is easier said than done.

“I’m going to block off 90 minutes to knock this out.”

The problem with this approach is that you don’t always have control of the finished product. Many times we depend on outside help to “finish” it.

Procrastination is the enemy of traction… Work on the things you can control instead of complaining about the things you can’t. Complaining is the disease, procrastination is the symptom, and traction is the medicine.

Pro Tip: Next time you feel distracted by something during a time block, don’t say “no,” say “not yet.”