Comments on: Tuesday’s Tip: Surrounded By What? http://www.productivity501.com/tuesdays-tip-surrounded-by-what/211/ Pieces of the productivity puzzle. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:42:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jay http://www.productivity501.com/tuesdays-tip-surrounded-by-what/211/comment-page-1/#comment-20756 Jay Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:45:05 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/tuesdays-tip-surrounded-by-what/211/#comment-20756 I had to think on this very topic recently as I was involved in some intra-office shuffling or desks and locales. I'd always had a fairly spartan work area, but pared it down just a little more in the new digs. I've got those items required for work, and a copy of Scott Moehring's "Getting Things Done advanced workflow" diagram at my desk now. Gone are the awards and shelf of reference books. The picture of my wife hasn't yet returned (she's decided I should have a different picture). The awards and certificates have become image files that make up my default screensaver, and occasionally make appearances as my second monitor's desktop wallpaper. Surround yourself with distractions, and you'll be distracted I suppose. Hopefully, eliminating the distractions will allow me to surround myself with success. I had to think on this very topic recently as I was involved in some intra-office shuffling or desks and locales. I’d always had a fairly spartan work area, but pared it down just a little more in the new digs.

I’ve got those items required for work, and a copy of Scott Moehring’s “Getting Things Done advanced workflow” diagram at my desk now. Gone are the awards and shelf of reference books. The picture of my wife hasn’t yet returned (she’s decided I should have a different picture). The awards and certificates have become image files that make up my default screensaver, and occasionally make appearances as my second monitor’s desktop wallpaper.

Surround yourself with distractions, and you’ll be distracted I suppose. Hopefully, eliminating the distractions will allow me to surround myself with success.

]]> By: Marlyse Comte http://www.productivity501.com/tuesdays-tip-surrounded-by-what/211/comment-page-1/#comment-20574 Marlyse Comte Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:16:18 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/tuesdays-tip-surrounded-by-what/211/#comment-20574 Absolutely! Working in a filthy environment pushes my mental space together to a tiny block and on the other side, cleaning up before beginning a new project feels just as good as the shower in the morning! Absolutely! Working in a filthy environment pushes my mental space together to a tiny block and on the other side, cleaning up before beginning a new project feels just as good as the shower in the morning!

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