Dan Martell

When I was sitting down and editing my book, Buy Back Your Time, I had my buddy Chris and we got in my car and we drove to the mountains. There was no internet. There was no connectivity. And we stayed in a cabin and we got our laptops out and we edited literally for 16 hours a day. We did it for five days. We had a rhythm of working out, editing, lunch, editing, dinner, editing, pass out.

When I was sitting down and editing my book, Buy Back Your Time, I had my buddy Chris and we got in my car and we drove to the mountains. There was no internet. There was no connectivity. And we stayed in a cabin and we got our laptops out and we edited literally for 16 hours a day. We did it for five days. We had a rhythm of working out, editing, lunch, editing, dinner, editing, pass out.

The reason we were able to do that is because we were disconnected from distractions.

The reason we were able to do that is because we were disconnected from distractions.

The reason we were able to do that is because we were disconnected from distractions.

see some of you make it too easy to be interrupted the notifications are going off the phone's going off your inbox is like blowing up i mean your inbox is nothing more than a public to-do list of other people's priorities on your time my philosophy is you want to be easy to find all over the internet but hard to reach the only way to make that work is to use these strategies the first is turn off all your notifications

see some of you make it too easy to be interrupted the notifications are going off the phone's going off your inbox is like blowing up i mean your inbox is nothing more than a public to-do list of other people's priorities on your time my philosophy is you want to be easy to find all over the internet but hard to reach the only way to make that work is to use these strategies the first is turn off all your notifications

see some of you make it too easy to be interrupted the notifications are going off the phone's going off your inbox is like blowing up i mean your inbox is nothing more than a public to-do list of other people's priorities on your time my philosophy is you want to be easy to find all over the internet but hard to reach the only way to make that work is to use these strategies the first is turn off all your notifications

I mean, go into the app under notifications and I dare you to swipe them off. The only two people in my life that can get through to me is my wife and my assistant. Other than that, everybody else can wait. The second thing is to schedule time to respond. See, I do reply to people, text messages, et cetera. have it in my calendar. So it's dedicated that way. It's a forcing function.

I mean, go into the app under notifications and I dare you to swipe them off. The only two people in my life that can get through to me is my wife and my assistant. Other than that, everybody else can wait. The second thing is to schedule time to respond. See, I do reply to people, text messages, et cetera. have it in my calendar. So it's dedicated that way. It's a forcing function.

I mean, go into the app under notifications and I dare you to swipe them off. The only two people in my life that can get through to me is my wife and my assistant. Other than that, everybody else can wait. The second thing is to schedule time to respond. See, I do reply to people, text messages, et cetera. have it in my calendar. So it's dedicated that way. It's a forcing function.

If I got 60 minutes, I'm spending that 60 minutes heads down. I was standing in the hot tub behind me earlier, replying to all my text messages. So call that net time, no extra time post-workout hot tub, sitting there, text messaging, creating momentum in my life, figure out how to put both of those together. The third is use focus signals.

If I got 60 minutes, I'm spending that 60 minutes heads down. I was standing in the hot tub behind me earlier, replying to all my text messages. So call that net time, no extra time post-workout hot tub, sitting there, text messaging, creating momentum in my life, figure out how to put both of those together. The third is use focus signals.

If I got 60 minutes, I'm spending that 60 minutes heads down. I was standing in the hot tub behind me earlier, replying to all my text messages. So call that net time, no extra time post-workout hot tub, sitting there, text messaging, creating momentum in my life, figure out how to put both of those together. The third is use focus signals.

So for me, I have my headphones on, please don't talk to me. Unless it's an emergency, I do have a rule that if you come in my office and I'm on a call, you then have to present on your call. So my kids have been on board meetings. They've been on pitch meetings. They literally, if you're in the room and you're asking me a question, I'm not going to introduce you to the people I'm talking to.

So for me, I have my headphones on, please don't talk to me. Unless it's an emergency, I do have a rule that if you come in my office and I'm on a call, you then have to present on your call. So my kids have been on board meetings. They've been on pitch meetings. They literally, if you're in the room and you're asking me a question, I'm not going to introduce you to the people I'm talking to.

So for me, I have my headphones on, please don't talk to me. Unless it's an emergency, I do have a rule that if you come in my office and I'm on a call, you then have to present on your call. So my kids have been on board meetings. They've been on pitch meetings. They literally, if you're in the room and you're asking me a question, I'm not going to introduce you to the people I'm talking to.

My kids are my priority, but they know if the doors close and unless it's an emergency, they don't come in. It is so hard for me to focus, to get in the zone that when I'm in it, I got to protect myself. And the fourth one is just remove yourself. I have team members that choose on certain days. I don't want to come to work because I'm going to sit at home.

My kids are my priority, but they know if the doors close and unless it's an emergency, they don't come in. It is so hard for me to focus, to get in the zone that when I'm in it, I got to protect myself. And the fourth one is just remove yourself. I have team members that choose on certain days. I don't want to come to work because I'm going to sit at home.

My kids are my priority, but they know if the doors close and unless it's an emergency, they don't come in. It is so hard for me to focus, to get in the zone that when I'm in it, I got to protect myself. And the fourth one is just remove yourself. I have team members that choose on certain days. I don't want to come to work because I'm going to sit at home.