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		<title>How Your Office Kills Productivity With Interruptions And Distractions</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a fan of the virtual office and passive communication.  Here, Jason Fried of 37signals agrees. On long hours: &#8220;It&#8217;s not because there&#8217;s 50 hours of work to do, it&#8217;s because you don&#8217;t work at work anymore.&#8221; &#8220;If you want to get things done, you have to get rid of the interruptions.&#8221; &#8220;Managers are the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a fan of the <a title="why the virtual office makes sense" href="http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2010/why-the-virtual-office-makes-sense/" target="_blank">virtual office</a> and passive communication.  Here, <strong>Jason Fried of 37signals agrees</strong>.</p>
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<li>On long hours: &#8220;It&#8217;s not because there&#8217;s 50 hours of work to do, it&#8217;s because you don&#8217;t work at work anymore.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;If you want to get things done, you have to get rid of the interruptions.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Managers are the biggest problems because their whole world is built around interruptions.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;[Interruptions are an] arrogant move &#8230; [they communicate] whatever I have to ask you is more important than what you&#8217;re doing.&#8221;</li>
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