Yes! I agree! This is one of our biggest current challenges! Actually, Paul Graham has written two of the best essays about it: http://www.paulgraham.com/make

Yes! I agree! This is one of our biggest current challenges! Actually, Paul Graham has written two of the best essays about it: http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html and http://www.paulgraham.com/distraction.html http://www.paulgraham.com/distraction.html “Focus” by Leo Babauta is quite good, too: http://sivers.org/book/Focus http://sivers.org/book/Focus