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Does this ever happen to you? Your plan is to work on that proposal that is due this week, or finish editing your manuscript or…whatever you need to get done. But instead, something “shiny” catches your eye. You end up starting a new project or just wasting time on the Internet. (Perhaps looking at cute cat pictures, um, not that I would know anything about that.)

It is easy to get distracted from what what you should be doing by something else that looks like more fun or is simply newer. And shinier.

Here are some of the ways you can get your attention focused where it needs to be, and be more productive. [Read more…]