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An Update On Removing the Social Apps from My Phone

Anthony Iannarino

I removed these apps because I no longer welcome the interruptions, the notifications, or the distraction. Whatever their utility, you will not find it in picking up your phone 12 times an hour, and the small screen of infinite distraction should not have that great a hold on your limited time and attention.

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Success Demands Your Intentionality and Massive Action

Anthony Iannarino

The name of this web property is thesalesblog.com, and naturally, I write a lot about sales, sales management, sales leadership, and sales improvement. The nature of sales, however, requires that one also touch other subjects like success, productivity, and mindset. This post is about success in any and every area of life.

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The One Thing You Can Do to Triple Your Productivity

Anthony Iannarino

Eliminating Distractions. When you don’t know what you need to do and when you need to do it, you can easily fall prey to the infinite distractions vying for your time and attention. The word “ secret ” suggests that there is knowledge available to others that is somehow unavailable to you. You can get straight to work.

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An Argument for Longer Call Blocks and More Meetings

Anthony Iannarino

By small amounts of time for prospecting (and the very few other actions that drive sales), we are conceding more time to what is less important. The reason we block time for prospecting is so we can ensure that we have time to make calls on our dream clients. A Thought Experiment. An eight-hour day would then be comprised of 1.5

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Only Do One Thing At a Time

Anthony Iannarino

The proliferation of tools, apps, and modern business practices has increased the number of distractions with the power to interrupt your work to a number just shy of infinite. The inbox, the phone, and an open door were the only ways you might be distracted from your work. On a Need to Know Basis.