One of the most common recommendations on how to work more productively is to turn off all notifications for incoming messages on your phone and computer. Some recommendations are even more radical, and advise completely uninstalling e-mail and social networks from your mobile phone.
E-mail and social networks have, however, become such a common part of life for us that we simply want them in our electronic devices. We can turn them off every day in order to concentrate on work, but that requires a great deal of discipline. Almost everybody finds it boring after some time.
A more efficient method was described by Chris Bailey, a Canadian experimenter in productivity and time management.