Comments on: How to Overcome Distractions Anytime

By: Work Hard For Your Dreams

Work Hard For Your Dreams — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:52:59 +0000

[...] to use every trick in my personal development arsenal in order to stay focused – including minimising distractions, fighting off procrastination, working in time boxes and keeping motivated with well defined [...]

By: rosa

rosa — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:58:14 +0000

This was just lovely to read! The quantification technique is so math-geeky in the absolute best way possible. I was smiling widely as I read.
I think it works because on the inside we know that we don’t really want to spend all day, every day, for the rest of our lives on the video games, or browsing idly, or lazing about—even if that’s what it seems to us when we’re working.

Great blog! I’ll definitely come by again.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:07:50 +0000

Hey Dave,

Great article- I myself buckle under my obsessive (or simply lazy) nature every single freaking study time of my study life.

I’ll give it a go!

By: Gaurav Kumar

Gaurav Kumar — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:45:27 +0000

Hi
This blog has so much helped me regaining control over my life than what I thought lifehacker.com would? I am a tech savvy guy and technical blogs and stumbles are a hell of distractions. I wish I could pay you in some sort. What I do is whenever I visit your blog I turn AdBlockPlus off so you could earn more from the advertisements.
Also I would like to add the 90/10 rule which says
“Ninety percent of a situation is out of your control and happens before you even know about it. Ten percent of a situation and the most important is how you react to it. The repercussions of your actions last far longer than the actual fifteen minutes you spend dealing with that situation and it could effect your whole life.”
Thank You very much.
Gaurav Kumar

By: Why Getting Personal Stuff Done Is Hard

Why Getting Personal Stuff Done Is Hard — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:19:19 +0000

[...] Seems obvious! Why hadn’t I thought of it before? Without a concrete deadline, how can I judge if I’m behind or not? Also, how can I plan my time to ensure I meet it? Also, if there are no real consequences for not making a deadline, what’s going to stop me from playing on my Xbox? And, what’s to prevent me from procrastinating time and time again? [...]

By: Pastor Tom

Pastor Tom — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:19:28 +0000

Wow, thank God I came across your blog. I retire 2 1/2 yrs ago after 31 yrs in the military, I was 50. I’ll turn 53 on the 26th. I’ve started an awesome home-based business, but I’m lagging behind for the very reasons you stated in your article. After I read your article it occurred to me that the joy and pleasure I receive from being successful in my business will be much more pleasure able than wasting time and energy on the computer like I am now. I need a paradigm shift! Thanks for the help.

By: Austin

Austin — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:42:01 +0000

Very interesting. I have been feeling increasingly apathetic lately, and I stumbled on this. Hopefully, thinking about tasks this way will help me concentrate on what really needs to be done. Thanks for taking the time to write it.

By: Deano

Deano — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:10:53 +0000

I will say that it is awkward that a software engineer and not a psychologist is doing a article on procrastination and distraction. However your articles are very valid, and helpful. I feel that I suffer from chronic procrastination and have been looking for some help. Thanks Dave for this article!
~Deano~

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:42:06 +0000

I disagree with one of the points in this article. You say that distractions give us pleasure and take the pain away. So if my back is aching when I’m working, that gives me pleasure, and takes the pain AWAY?
If a car drives past very loudly, does that give me pleasure?

By: Stevie

Stevie — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:44:53 +0000

Thanks a lot for this advice. Right now I’ve got a complete coursework overload and I’m finding it hard to cope. Because of this I’m getting easily distracted and as you have said I feel disappointed in myself after my distraction (pointless web surfing and my xbox). I’m going to give this theory a go and hope it cleans things up for me. By the way the whole sites great and i will continue to use it from now on! Keep it up.