Comments on: How to Firewall Attention and Reclaim Time http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/20/how-to-firewall-attention-and-reclaim-time/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:10:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Rob Norback http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/20/how-to-firewall-attention-and-reclaim-time/comment-page-1/#comment-106726 Rob Norback Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:08:22 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/20/how-to-firewall-attention-and-reclaim-time/#comment-106726 Tim,

Liking this idea about attention. I’m wondering if attention deficit could simply be solved by training yourself to 1-task. It could be a whole new form of psychotherapy instead of pills and this diet stuff I’ve heard about.

Cheers,
Rob

]]> By: John Robert Marlow http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/20/how-to-firewall-attention-and-reclaim-time/comment-page-1/#comment-79785 John Robert Marlow Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:57:17 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/20/how-to-firewall-attention-and-reclaim-time/#comment-79785 Oh yeah, I have one for you. iPhone users (and, get this, their employers if the users have ever received email from the employer’s Microsoft Exchange Server) can selectively disable or completely wipe the phone with an email bomb.

Not only is this a great reason to keep your employer (if any) out of your phone, but think about this: If you could set things up in such a way that, if you check your email / call any number other than 911 / turn your phone on during certain hours / whatever, it triggers an automatic wipe, or locks the phone up for the next hour…

How often would you succumb to temptation?

Maybe do the same with your desktop / notebook–triggering a shutdown (or worse).

]]> By: My Get Things Done List » Blog Archive » Strength Phrases for Those Tough Parts of the Day [The Daily Saint] http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/20/how-to-firewall-attention-and-reclaim-time/comment-page-1/#comment-56903 My Get Things Done List » Blog Archive » Strength Phrases for Those Tough Parts of the Day [The Daily Saint] Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:16:06 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/20/how-to-firewall-attention-and-reclaim-time/#comment-56903 [...] try single-tasking instead of multitasking.  Tim Ferris has written extensively on this and offers some practical tips on how to do one thing at a [...]

]]> By: June 16: Email Detox Day! — My Voice is in here somewhere http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/20/how-to-firewall-attention-and-reclaim-time/comment-page-1/#comment-19558 June 16: Email Detox Day! — My Voice is in here somewhere Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:43:12 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/20/how-to-firewall-attention-and-reclaim-time/#comment-19558 [...] stumbled across some really interesting posts by Tim Ferris about how blackberry addiction and, by extension, email addiction is wasting far more time than [...]

]]> By: Torley on the value of social networking « Torley Lives http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/20/how-to-firewall-attention-and-reclaim-time/comment-page-1/#comment-15692 Torley on the value of social networking « Torley Lives Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:28:33 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/20/how-to-firewall-attention-and-reclaim-time/#comment-15692 [...] a pressure to keep up. I used to, but then I was crushed by information overload! In the spirit of Tim Ferris, I'm eliminating waste. And also, visiting these sites is a hobby for me. Whenever I can, I [...]

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