All things Quote by Kevin Drum

“Open offices, for example, might create more opportunities for collaboration,* but they do so at the cost of “massive distraction,” to quote the results…

— Cal Newport

“Busyness as Proxy for Productivity: In the absence of clear indicators of what it means to be productive and valuable in their jobs, many…

— Cal Newport

My main thing is not being distracted, being present at dinner time. I'll make sure my phone's not there and I'm not replying to…

— Rochelle Humes

Distraction and procrastination come in a variety of flavors... when I'm distracted and I walk over and stare out the window, it's a very…

— Linda Stone

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small…

— Marilyn vos Savant

Distractions are everywhere. And with the always-on technologies of today, they take a heavy toll on productivity. One study found that office distractions eat…

— David Rock

Focusing on one thing without interruption is how you get meaningful work done.

— Nate Green

We're busy being busy. Distraction is a dangerously deceptive saboteur of our goals, because we are not present to how much time we lose.…

— Rory Vaden

When I've got massive projects to be getting on with, I find myself open to distractions, particularly when deadlines are involved.

— Max Tundra

Attention is psychic energy, and like physical energy, unless we allocate some part of it to the task at hand, no work gets done.

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Never confuse activity with productivity. You can be busy without a purpose, but what's the point?

— Anonymous

I think taking vacations and turning off the phone and only doing emails or social media for a specific short amount of time helps…

— Maria Bamford