How many times last week you got uninterrupted four hours at work? (Uninterrupted means uninterrupted – no meetings, impromptu chat from boss or colleague, phone calls, and similar disturbances.)
Two hours?
One hour?
You’ll have to really stretch your memory to recall when you last got even one hour of uninterrupted time.
Not surprisingly, there are days when we wonder, “Did I get anything solid done today?”
Jason Fried, co-founder of 37 signals, in this satirical TED Talk argues that blocking Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube at workplace isn’t the solution. The solution, according to him and rightly so, is to have less meetings and less interruptions. And in the end, he suggests three solutions to get more done at workplace.
Watch it out (duration: 15 minutes).
