Jake Burhans uses 90 to 120 minute focus blocks with his phone face-down and timer running to tackle one high-value task at a time. He strings four or five blocks together daily and says it feels like winning the day.
How the heck do I stay focused all day long as an entrepreneur? This is how I eliminate distractions, hold myself accountable, and work at my highest level of productivity. I use what I call focus blocks. These are 90 to 120 minute sessions. I'll set a timer, a kitchen timer. I'll flip my phone over, no text messages, no emails, no checking my Google tabs. I am dead focused on, for me, calling sellers, right? So if I can get 4 to 5 of these 90 to 120 minute sessions in a day of focused, undistracted work, I'm in a really, really good position and I'll have won the day. Let me know in the comments your best productivity hacks.
