🎒 Microlesson

🪞 Reflect

When working remotely, do you ever get overwhelmed by distractions and find it challenging to focus? 

💡 Concept

Distractions and interruptions abound in distributed work. This microlesson is a roundup of ways to help you stay focused when you’re working remotely. 

🏠 Proactively manage distractions when working from home.

As an independent remote worker,  your primary obstacles to focused work might stem from your family and yourself. Click here for some strategies to hold yourself accountable and maintain focus amidst these challenges. 

📧 Minimize interruptions to improve your focus.

Constant interruptions from email and messaging apps like Slack or Teams can decrease your productivity. Click here to learn how to establish a habit of closing these apps during time you dedicate to deep work. 

☑️ Monotask for better productivity.

Monotasking means focusing on one task at a time until it’s completed. It sounds simple—just work on one thing at a time! And yet, the temptation to multitask can be tough to resist. Click here to learn how to make it easier to focus. 

⌛ Don't wait for time for focused work—create it!

In virtual work cultures that default to synchronous communication, your calendar can easily be swallowed up by back-to-back meetings. If you want to find time for focused work, you have to proactively block it off. Learn more here.

🎬 Take Action

• Choose one of the actions listed in this microlesson and commit to trying it. 

• Complete your action within the next two weeks. 

• Reflect on the impact that your action has. 

• Share your results.

🧠 Keep Learning

Learn more about building habits for better focus in the Remote Work Certification program. 

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