Remember the exercise from last week where I asked you to mentally list the people in business you pay attention to?

You can use that exercise to help block out timewasting distractions too.

Not just the little ones. This works for the really big ones that can waste hours upon hours.

I've found that some of the really big timewasters for me are when I get sucked into the marketing for yet another amazing new tool or technique that someone is promoting. Or I read an article about some fantastic results someone has had so I spend an age investigating and trying out that method.

And 9 times out of 10, of course, it doesn't work for me.

A simple trick you can use to avoid all that is just to ask yourself whether this is a technique or tool the people you pay attention to use?

If they're being successful and building a following of people like you without using this fancy new technique, do you really need it?

Or perhaps they've built that following and built respect because of their message and their ideas, not the tools and techniques they use.