{"id":330655,"date":"2021-08-26T17:35:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T14:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/distractions-arent-bad-for-your-productivity\/"},"modified":"2021-08-26T17:35:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T14:35:51","slug":"distractions-arent-bad-for-your-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/distractions-arent-bad-for-your-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"#Distractions aren\u2019t bad for your productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Distractions aren\u2019t bad for your productivity<\/strong>”
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Boris is the wise ol\u2019 CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur in tech \u2014 from managing stress to embracing awkwardness. You can get his musings straight to your inbox by signing up for his news<\/a>letter!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In the book I\u2019m currently reading, there\u2019s a scientist who is doing a lot of thinking. It\u2019s not just some \u2018everyday thinking\u2019 mind you, but constructive, scientific thinking.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s gone as far as to eliminate ALL distractions around her, to make sure it\u2019s impossible for her to lose her train of thought. And what\u2019s her biggest distraction? Her phone.<\/p>\n

Now I agree that our phones can be hugely distracting. I just checked my statistics, and last week I picked my phone up 90 times a day<\/em> on average\u2026 and that\u2019s actually 17% down from the week before that.<\/p>\n

Indeed, that\u2019s a lot of distracting moments and I wonder how often a pointless notification interrupted a vital thought process. Maybe I was close to a major scientific breakthrough, but it was lost forever when you liked my Instagram post. We\u2019ll never know.<\/p>\n

But a life without distractions is an empty life. Instead, I desire to manage<\/em> my distractions, rather than eliminate them. It also doesn\u2019t hurt that some of my best work is done while I\u2019m distracted.<\/p>\n

A casual chat with a neighbor about an utterly irrelevant subject might provide the breakthrough I was looking for. Doing the dishes or ironing my shirts can be highly meditative and inspiring. That doesn\u2019t mean that everybody agrees with me though.<\/p>\n

Once, an employee told me that the random tasks assigned to people around the office were too much of a distraction. We were a smaller company back then, and we all had to do groceries at least once a week or even do the dishes.<\/p>\n

When you\u2019re out shopping, you can\u2019t write code, reach out to a client, or design a new logo. I get that. But it does allow you to chat with a co-worker, look at how other companies do package design, or find other sources of inspiration in the world around you.<\/p>\n

And who knows, maybe there\u2019s a reason you let some things distract you, while you ignore others. Perhaps you let the things through that might help you in the long run?<\/p>\n

I learned this lesson at my first office outside of my house, which was in a members club. It was a little like Soho House, but at a different time. I found the distracting environment a great place to work and start a company.<\/p>\n

Sure I was often distracted and spent a lot of time chatting to the people around me, but my work was so demanding and satisfying that I kept getting sucked back into it.
\nOne evening, I was intensely focused on a programming challenge. I had worked on it for a few hours and couldn\u2019t quite figure out the solution.<\/p>\n

As I was searching for clues, someone tapp<\/a>ed me on my shoulder. The stranger pointed at my screen and asked me if the stuff I was doing was important. I nodded yes. He shrugged, pointed behind me, and said, \u201cWell, you\u2019re missing the show.\u201d<\/p>\n

You might not believe me, but I swear that a few meters behind me, a local fashion designer was showing off her new lingerie line. While I was working, they had built a whole catwalk and put down chairs, and were now in the middle of a show.<\/p>\n

I eventually did turn around and watched the rest of the show \u2014 which didn\u2019t particularly help with my programming challenge if I\u2019m being honest \u2014 but it does show that if you\u2019re really into your work, nothing unimportant can distract you. And in my case, not even lingerie models.<\/p>\n

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