Stevea Robbins here.

Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Today's topic is beating distraction to cultivate focus.

It's based on Chapter 4 of my new book, Get It Done Guys, Nine Steps to Work Less and Do More,

available from your favorite bookseller.

Bernice decided that she wants to lose weight. As a devoted friend, I'm helping.

I filled my little cube refrigerator with tofu-based, zero-calorie chocolate-like,

it's not quite a popsicle, frozen tofu pops. They have no calories and lots of, uh, taste.

Anytime Bernice gets a craving, she can just pop into my office and satisfy her longing

with a tasty no-cal treat.

Unfortunately, this has opened a Pandora's box, even though Bernice says the Pandora myth was

just invented to blame women, and the box was really opened by Pandora's brother

Oswald Fingerplatin. Now, Bernice pops by a lot. Each time Bernice comes by, it's a new

adventure and distraction. Steaver. Steveer. I want to hire Zach Efron to man the booth for the launch

of our new Doggy treats product.

No, Bernice, we're not hiring Zach Efron.

He costs more than our entire division mates in the year.

Ten minutes later.

Stever, I am thinking of getting a life-sized cardboard cutout of Zach Efron holding a basket of doggy treats.

No, Bernice, there's no room in the office to store a life-sized cardboard cutout of Zach Efron holding a basket of doggy treats. No, Bernice, there's no room in the office to store a life-sized cardboard cutout.

Why don't you grab a tofu popsicle and get back to work?

Another ten minutes pass?

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