If you're reading about the focus of Germans and wishing that described you (i.e. you want to cut out Facebook, gmail, etc.), there are a lot of technological s

If you're reading about the focus of Germans and wishing that described you (i.e. you want to cut out Facebook, gmail, etc.), there are a lot of technological solutions that can move you in the right direction. For me the pair that have worked best are TagTime and Beeminder. I'm not where I want to be on focus, but having a constant incentive to focus well has substantially moved the needle on that.