Shanli Liu, a CPA, blocks light and sound from her office, uses a phone-blocking app that requires walking across the building to access her phone, and times tasks with a kitchen timer. She says this setup yields peak productivity because nothing else competes for her attention.
How do you eliminate distraction? I eliminate it by eliminating it. My office has no outside light. I also put on earplugs and headphones. There's a great app that like blocks your phone, so like nothing can get through and you have to physically move across the building, which is how I do it for mine. And then I just set a kitchen timer for when I, how long I expect a task to last. Then I just have a clear idea of the work that I need to do. That is when I'm like peak productivity per unit of time because there's nothing else to do.
