Tips to stop ONLINE DISTRACTIONS & Stay FOCUSED!

This sounds like a good idea Defunct, though my list of sites not to access would be much longer Also make the user login for that account have a really long username and password, like super long. You never know, you may never login to the 'distraction user account'.

In addition make a list of tasks you to get done for the day. I know some have tasks broken down into the year > month > day. Get your tasks done for the day then get distracted!

Excellent and practical suggestions, thanks.

Wow ... straight from the heart i love this and it is so true . there is no time to waste .

Get on with it

Here are some tips to help stop Online distractions

1. Don't open your email first thing in the morning

2. Don't go on facebook first thing in the morning or while you at work

3. no skype , put your phone on silent

4. Write what you need to do today (create a product , put together a bonus package ,e.t.c ) and set an online timer to complete it in at least an hour

5. Make up your mind to stick to whatever it is that you have choosen to do for at 90 days . invest some time in doing the work for 90 days and if after 90 days of consistent action you do not see any result , only then you can consider another option . e.g if you have decided to do forum marketing , and somebody sends you a mail about a wonderful affiliate review plugin and buy . that is not what you doing right now . If give your attention ,You will take yourself away from forum marketing you were meant to do for 90 days .It is harder to build strength in more than one thing at a time .You cannot check your emails before you get the work done because it might distract you .You need your focus to succeed.

Set goals, big goals that you want to reach. Then break these down into smaller short term goals. Determine (at least estimate) the activities needed to reach the incremental goals and the time it will take to achieve them. Schedule your time accordingly. It's OK if you want to spend some personal online time say on Facebook or playing games, etc., to relax, but just make sure to do that outside of the hours you have set aside for business purposes.

Hi Ashton,

First question I ask you is this: What are you doing?

You say you get distracted when you "jump online to work". What specific work are you doing online? Are you really attending to the most strategic task you need to be doing to advance your business, or are you perhaps just jumping online to "do research, check things out, etc"? I ask because, it can be easy to tell ourselves we're "working" when we're really just fooling around checking things out.
(I have my moments of resembling that remark.)

Now, assuming that

a) you really are doing the most strategic task you could be doing to advance your business,
b) you know it,
c) you want to do it

and you are still getting distracted repeatedly...

My second question is: "What state are you in?"

Not literally, as in location, but internally, mentally, physically, etc.

One of the best tips I use and recommend for consistently performing at a higher level, without distraction or overwhelm is this

5 Step Formula:

"Check Your State Before You Start"

If you are hungry, tired, angry, fidgety, etc before you sit down to work, and you proceed anyway, you are setting yourself up for failure.

Instead,
1) Check in with yourself before your work session.
2) Find out what state you are in.
3) Take the time to handle whatever needs attention.
4) Set a predetermined time period aside for your work.
5) Then and only then, get to it, go do it!

There's more to it, but you get the idea. Give it a try and let me know how it goes.

Keep Going,

-CP

Thank you! I followed your tips and works very well.. I bought a whiteboard to do my checklist every day when I get up and if I not finish them I dont move of my chair..

Try this program called The Focus Master.

Also try The Pomodoro Technique.

- Just look them up on google.