How not to get distracted and regularly operate in a state of flux

To get into the flow state, determine its most effective time and learn how to get rid of unnecessary thoughts.

Determine when you work best

Although our body and mind can easily adapt to any conditions, during the day there are certain periods of time when you perform certain things better. Experiment and find out when it's easier to just wake up, work, solve creative problems.

When you regularly work in the most effective time for you, your results will gradually improve to 10 or even 100 times. The more you practice, the easier it is to concentrate. The brain remembers how to work with concentration and he will switch to this mode.

Get rid of emotional blocks

Every day we are surrounded by thousands of distractions, advertisements, small cases. Every man wakes up with thoughts of routine minor things. Before you try to focus and get in the flow state, you need to get rid of these thoughts. It is best to throw them down on paper.

Writer Julia Cameron has called the process entries morning "mind wiping the windshield." By getting rid of the backlog in the morning thinking, you clear out from the debris that obscures your view. It is useless to try to

Understand that focus - it is a conscious choice

Most people are not trying to develop self-discipline and control your thoughts. Cal Newport, in his book "In work with head"Noted that the means of communication (social networks, e-mail, Internet) distract us from work that requires continuous concentration, while weakening our ability to focus.

Most often we wake up and immediately take up the phone. Notification e-mail, news feeds and social networks shape our thoughts for the day. It teaches to live in distraction and fuss.

If you are setting yourself is always to respond to incoming task, no matter how small and trivial they may be, you will never be able to concentrate and work in a state of flux. Make an informed choice, and ignore distractions.

Spend your free time learning and self-development

Many prefer to be distracted after work or fun. Rarely who spend time on self development. But exactly what successful people do. They know that the ability to focus and work is one factor that determines the results and the future success.

Ironically, for many free time it becomes an even greater source of stress than work.

At work, people feel skillful, so more than happy, strong, creative and happy. And they have nothing to do free time, their skills are not being used, so they are more likely to experience sadness, boredom and frustration. But they all want to work less and relax more.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a psychologist, author of the theory of flow

If you want to be the one who is able to concentrate and not paying attention to distractions, first change its approach to free time. More study and improve, spend less time on empty entertainment.

And remember: the decision to ignore distractions - it does not attempt to completely remove them from your life. The problem's not in them, and you. Distractions will always be. You only need to learn how to work, not paying attention to them.