Ben Morton suggests blocking off 60 minutes with your phone silenced, notifications off, and away from your desk. He says nothing will interrupt you, and you'll notice how much you can actually get done with sustained focus.
So here's an experiment for you to run this week. Pick a single block of time, 60 minutes will do, and make yourself unavailable. I'm not talking about checking your emails every 20 minutes unavailable. I'm talking phone on silent or airplane mode, all notifications turned off on your phone, working away from your desk so your team can't easily Interrupt or distract you. And then notice what actually breaks. Most likely, absolutely nothing. And at the same time, notice the upside.
