Forget Time Management—Attention Management Is the Better Path to Productivity

Forget Time Management—Attention Management Is theBetter Path to Productivity.Instead of trying (and failing) to keep up with time,master your attention—the ability to choose when,and on what, you do (or don't) concentrate.Start by controlling your environment.One way to do this is to createsignals that communicate to othersyou're trying to stay focused.Then, it's time to eliminate the ultimate distraction: your device.Go into offline or do-not-disturbmode and then hide your phone.Break down tasks and designate stopping points.Either set stopping points at when parts of a task are finishedor when you’ve spent a certain amount of time working on it.Then, just practice these steps untilfocusing your attention is second nature