What are the most common distractions in any office that overwhelm each person every day? You might agree on emails and telephone calls. They are the most common commodities. Can you guess about other major distractions – that loses your valuable production minutes?

You can possibly change the office settings if you wanna save your production hours. Most of them don’t seem to be distracting at all but, it takes away your focus from your work. Here’s the list. Check out which one of them is an issue at your office –

1. Telephone Calls: Everybody wants to receive the calls immediately when it comes. Instead you can set up a time blocks for non-urgent calls or a voicemail service that will tell the caller the perfect time to call you.
2. Email: New mail notifications and alerts are the greatest sources of distractions. If you have too many emails in your inbox the scrolling up and down could be time consuming. Use searching and categories options.
3. Papers on Desk: If you have heaps of papers on your desk then it will take a lot of time to search important document at 11th hour. Instead use daily action folders and make a decision on time so that you clear them off from your desk elsewhere.
4. Visitors: You may be interrupted by your colleagues or your clients. Get up to the point as soon as possible so your workload doesn’t pile up.
5. Environment: Varying temperatures and improper lights will make you uncomfortable to work. Check out the right level of lightning and environment, and implement it.
6. Noise: Numerous activities can divert your concentration like overhearing colleagues or one-sided phone call. You can use a headphone, small white noise machine or close you door.
7. You: You might get tired and you might decide on jumping from project to project. Work on one project at a time. If you lose focus, momentarily get yourself back on track.