If you're trying to be more efficient and productive at home or at work, your biggest enemy is probably the Internet, according to Entrepreneur.com contributor Brian T. Edmondson.
"What's the biggest time-suck on the planet? I would guess that for most people, it's the Internet," Edmondson says. "The Internet is essential to most successful business, but it also contains Facebook, Candy [Crush], news sites, shopping, and hosts of other distracting things to pull us away from our work and into fantasy land."
So what's the best way to tune out the web?
"I've found that for myself and most other people trying to get productive, it doesn't just work to say 'I'm not going to look at Facebook.' That takes willpower -- and willpower is fickle at best," Edmondson continues. "So, to tackle Internet distractions, I recommend tech solutions -- they do the work for you, so you don't have to use your precious willpower to get them done. I particularly like the Chrome app StayFocused. It blocks the sites you need to have blocked during hours you specify, and it REALLY helps -- especially if you always get distracted by the same sites."