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Now, Where Was I? 6 Strategies For Dealing With Workplace Distractions

"Close the doors of your senses in order to achieve solitude in the presence of other people," Petrarch wrote (more than 600 years ago). Distractions in the workplace are nothing new, but technology has made them much worse. Here are six time-tested strategies for regaining laser-like focus at work. READ MORE

Work Smart: How to Avoid "The Busy Trap"

In an ideal world, you'd arrive at the office, sit down in front of a list called "things to accomplish today," and calmly work through each item until it was time to go home. But most of us can only dream of having that much ...READ MORE