Are you overly multi-tasked? Accoring to Dan Russell, a senior manager at IBM’s Almaden Research Center: “The paradox of modern life is that multitasking is, in most cases, counterproductive.”
Ina Fried writes for CNet: “The typical office worker is interrupted every three minutes by a phone call, e-mail, instant message or other distraction. The problem is that it takes about eight uninterrupted minutes for our brains to get into a really creative state.”

Action Steps:

1. Read Fried’s complete article for more information: Driven To Distraction
2. Set aside large blocks of time to do complex work.
3. Read Eliminate Over 450 Interuptions Everyday With One Simple Step
4. Eliminate interuptions