Thank you for these tips on focusing. The world does have way too many distractions. I've also found that due to all of these distractions people no longer focus on what they are reading. Few people take the time to read directions. I've found that if a task includes more than 3 steps most people will not follow all of the steps. People have very short attention spans. I agree people spend way too much time on social media...unless social media is part of their business. But for someone who is in the business of working on social media, I can see where it is extra important to focus on the task at hand without being distracted by everything else going on around them. Something as simple is writing an ad or composing a message could easily end up taking hours to accomplish simply by giving into the urges of debating with someone who just posted a comment, tweet or instant message.