[header] How to start single tasking [title] Remove distractions from your workspace. [step] Help yourself concentrate by removing prevalent distractions: phones and personal and work computers can provide countless distractions that prevent you from focusing on a single task. Silence your phone and close your personal email while working on a task. 
[substeps] You can also remove physical distractions around you. If you work in an office, shut the door and hang a sign that reads " working, please don't interrupt.