By John Rampton
Pinging phones. Dinging computers. Intrusive thoughts. Modern-day life is filled with distractions. Without a doubt, the problem of concentrating can affect anyone. Nearly three-quarters of high performers struggle with distracting thoughts at least part of the time, according to a survey by Harvard Business Review. That means that even your go-getter, Type-A colleague, or boss probably deals with distractions, too.The solution, of course, is figuring out how to make your distractions fade into background noise. Sure, you can turn off your phone and shut down your laptop. But unless you put some other specific measures into place, your mind will probably fall into unwanted “Squirrel!” moments. You’ll fall into the belief that you just can’t keep your grey matter in the game.
