[header] How to ignore everybody around you [title] Find an alternate mode of distraction. [step] Carry a book or electronic device everywhere with you, and make sure to read or use it at all opportune moments. [title] Work on something that requires your concentration. 
[step] Be sure that it's portable, and demands the use of two hands and your eyes. This will make the other person think you are busy and will try to avoid interrupting you.