Tip o’ the day, compliments of a client.

For those working in an office environment shared with other people, it can be easy to get distracted listening to conversations happening on the other side of the dividers. A client today told me uses an earplug when on conference calls to minimize those kinds of distractions.

When we talked about protecting “project time” from distractions, he immediately saw the benefit of using ear plugs to keep random conversations out of his space. (Project time is also the time to let the phone go to voice mail, to close the door (if you have one), and to stay clear of the email inbox.)

Great idea!