Ask Flex / Everything is urgent
How do you avoid distractions at work?
Pick one hour, close the inbox and the chat window, and tell people when you'll be back. You can't stop every interruption, but you can stop inviting them, and one protected hour is where the real work gets finished.
Protect one hour.
Pick the hour
Same time every day, so people learn it.
Close the two loud ones
Email and chat. Closed, not just out of sight.
Say when you're back
"Heads down until 11. Back after."
Keep a later pad
A thought pops up? Write it down and keep going.
I keep getting pulled off my work. Here's what interrupted me today, with names and private details left out: [list each interruption, about what time, and whether it truly couldn't wait]. Tell me which ones I could handle together at two set times a day. Then write a short, friendly status message I can post when I need one hour of heads-down time. If I didn't say whether one could wait, ask me.
Before you paste work stuff into any AI, check what your company allows.Fire or Smoke?
Eight office messages, all marked urgent. Tap which ones are real fires and which are just loud.
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How can I be effective at work?
Do the things your boss really judges you on first. Flex has a page on it.
What are urgent but not important examples at work?
Most pings, most "quick questions," and last-minute meetings. Flex has a page on it.
What if I'm pulled in too many directions at work?
One list, and a day for each ask. Flex has a page on it.
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