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Five tips for staying focused working on the computer

One of the most important productive habits is minimal stay focused on the task being performed , avoiding external distractions.

Here are five tips that can help you stay focused on what you're doing when you work with your computer:

1. Abuses F11 key. If you do not know what it is, hit it now (find it in the top row of the keyboard) and see how the application you're using to read this article (the browser or email program) is put into "full screen". This allows you to remove from view the taskbar and menus of the application by that you only have to view the program you're using now.


2. Disable e-mail alerts and / or messaging. A popup window saying "You have new mail" completely makes you lose concentration. Avoid the urgency and focus on the important, any message can wait until you finish the task you are performing at this time. Keep


3. three windows open at once than . Often go leaving open the windows we use. Each open application consumes computer resources, and what is worse, distracts us. I recommend reading the post of Homo Minimus Rule the three windows open. Use


4. console. If you work with Linux, you have a great opportunity to use the console. No talk of opening a terminal window but to work directly in text mode. Almost anything that can be done in the GUI console can be done much faster and with fewer distractions. In many cases, graphical programs are nothing more than a "front-end" of a console program. If you've never worked with Linux commands, here's a primer to get you started: Linux Practical Handbook with Exercises . Choose


5. applications with a simple interface to do what you need and, if possible, nothing more. To write this article I used GEdit (full screen), do not need the thousands of buttons OpenOffice.org. There are even simpler editors GEdit like PyRoom . To surf the web do you use something else other than the address bar or search box? If the answer is "no" Chrome can use or configure your browser to not show so many toolbars and button. What

you? What trick you use to focus and avoid distractions when you work with your computer?