Coaching practices for Colleague Brought a Loud Mechanical Keyboard

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• Every buzz and badge yanks me out of what I’m doing
• I’ve got forty tabs open and apps stacked everywhere, and even when I’m not clicking them I can feel them all tugging at the edges of my attention
• I sit down to do the one hard thing and even with nothing actually pinging, part of my mind is half-listening for email and itching to flip to another tab
• I sit down to work with twenty tabs already open and my eyes keep drifting to them
• I sit down to finally do the important thing and my phone’s face-up, my inbox is open, and I’m fighting the urge to glance at all of it every thirty seconds

Practices that may help

1. Remove ambient interruptions
   Eliminate the notifications and open channels that force micro-switches.
   Monotasking, Made Practical
2. Minimize open tabs and windows during focus sessions
   Close all browser tabs and applications not needed for the current task before starting deep work.
   Context Switching Cost: Why Task Switching Wrecks Focus
3. Use single-purpose device sessions for deep work
   Block or exit everything except the one tool required for the current task during focused work periods.
   Defending Your Attention in the Attention Economy
4. Work in a single window
   Keep one document, one tab, one tool visible so the next task is not one glance away.
   Monotasking, Made Practical
5. Laser: defend focused attention
   Engineer your environment so the Highlight gets uninterrupted, distraction-free attention.
   Make Time, Made Practical
6. Use a paper notebook as the default capture and thinking tool
   A physical notebook for notes and ideas keeps thinking offline and removes the gateway to the phone for "quick" inputs.
   Single-Purpose Devices
7. Modify the environment to reduce sensory aversion
   The context in which you do a task is part of its aversiveness — change the container.
   Task Aversion and Procrastination
8. Keep verbal and visual channels separate
   Avoid presenting spoken narration and dense text at the same time.
   Working Memory: How Your Brain Holds Thoughts in Play
9. Design an environment that reliably triggers hyperfocus
   Create a physical or digital environment that your brain associates exclusively with deep work so it enters the state faster.
   Hyperfocus: Directing Intense Attention to What Matters Most
10. Triage interruptions before acting on them
    When something interrupts you, categorize it as urgent-now or capture-for-later before deciding whether to switch.
    Context Switching Cost: Why Task Switching Wrecks Focus

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