Category Archives: Interrupting

Escalating Interrupters

Once I was late for a call with former coach. What made it more significant  than just ordinary lateness was the fact that this was the first call we had arranged. Her response was even more drastic, to my mind.  … Continue reading

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Research on Interruptions

In other posts on this blog, I lament the lack of proper research in the entire field of time management, but recently I did come across the following paper that describes some empirical results in a study of interruptions. The … Continue reading

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Advanced Interruptions

In the 2Time Management system, there is a fundamental practice called “Interrupting” which is essential in helping to bring a user out of the Flow state when it’s time to move on to the next time demand, or it’s time … Continue reading

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Where Your Eyes Go Your Attention Flows

By special guest blogger — Andre Kibbe of Tools for Thought (Tools-for-Thought.com) A great strategy for maintaining focus is to to set up visual cues that return your attention to your intention. Cues can take many forms: a photograph that … Continue reading

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Component/Fundamental #8 – Interrupting v2

Definition In the book titled “Flow” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the author talks about the optimal psychological state – one in which a person gets lost in the activity at hand. They get lost in time, and experience a kind of … Continue reading

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