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The Double Win

How to Beat Interruptions and Distractions: A Free Audio Chapter from Free to Focus

The Double Win

Michael Hyatt

Management, Intentionality, Selfdevelopment, Education, Teamleadership, Personaldevelopment, Productivity, Self-improvement, Business, Achievement, Influence, Selfleadership, Leadership

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

What’s your biggest roadblock to productivity? Many people would say, “Interruptions and distractions! I can’t get anything done because I keep getting interrupted!” If that’s you, we’re going to solve that problem for you right now. First, a little celebration. We are so excited that Free to Focus made 4 major, national best-seller lists! That includes number one spots at the Wall Street Journal business list and the Amazon.com list for personal time management. We’re so excited! To celebrate, we’re releasing a second free audio chapter in this bonus episode of Lead to Win. (The first chapter is here.) Today’s episode is “Activate: Beat Interruptions and Distractions.” And we promise it’ll help you slam the door on time stealers like email, social media, drop-in visitors, electronic notifications, and more. Put the techniques we reveal here into practice, and you’ll be amazed at how your productivity skyrockets! Here’s a peek at what’s inside the episode— Learn how to limit instant communications so you can respond on your schedule. Get tips for taking control of your inbox—so others cannot use it to delegate to you. Understand the concept of “downhill work” and stop using it to avoid complex tasks. See the true cost of task switching on your productivity, and find out how to focus longer on a single task. Learn the science behind how certain types of music can boost your concentration. Gain tactics for using technology to fight technological interruptions. Use Implementation Intentions to pre-program responses to interruptions, so you never get pulled off track. We’ve coached thousands of people on the techniques we’re giving you in this episode. And we know how powerful they are in beating distractions and boosting your focus. So here’s our challenge for you. Listen to the episode, and pick one or two of these techniques to implement today. You’ll be more productive than you ever thought possible! Are You Feeling the Love? If you love Lead to Win, we’d love it if you left a rating and brief review on iTunes. This is super helpful in spreading the word about this great content. If you’re unsure how to leave a review, check this simple tutorial. Thanks so much! And don’t forget to subscribe on iTunes or wherever you listen! Don’t miss a single episode of practical advice and insight. Resources Mentioned in This Episode Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less by Michael Hyatt LeaderScore Assessment See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This episode of Lead to Win is brought to you by The Leader Score Assessment,

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a simple tool to evaluate the health of your leadership.

0:08.0

Find out more at lead to.win slash leader score.

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Hi, I'm Megan Hyatt Miller and welcome to this bonus episode of lead to win. We are so excited that my dad's latest book, Free to Focus, has hit four of the major

0:27.1

national bestseller list. That includes jumping to number one on the Wall Street

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journal bestseller list for business and number one on the

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Amazon.com list for personal time management.

0:38.0

The Word is spreading fast about free to focus and I think it's because this is not just a collection of tips and tricks to pack more work into a day.

0:47.0

It's a total productivity system to achieve more by doing less.

0:52.0

We're so excited about it that we've decided to release another

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chapter from the audiobook in this bonus episode. The chapter is called

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activate and it's all about beating interruptions and distractions so that you can

1:04.3

focus on what matters most. I know you're going to enjoy it. And if you want to

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grab the entire audio book or buy a hard copy just visit free to focus book.com.

1:15.3

Now here's chapter 9 from free to focus activate. Chapter 9, activate, activate, beat interruptions and distractions.

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My experience is what I agree to attend to, William James.

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Eccentric magazine publisher and inventor, Hugo Gernsbach, was troubled.

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Even in 1925, there were so many workplace distractions it seemed impossible to get anything done.

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To solve the problem he suggested a new device called the isolator.

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Resembling a large divers helmet the isolator would block the clickity clack of office equipment,

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the ringing of phones and door chimes, and the chatter of coworkers.

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Through two small eye holes, a person could focus solely on the work in front of him and nothing else,

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