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If you use a Mac and want to be more productive, then this tip will help you a lot.

The biggest problem with working for yourself and attempting to make money online are all the distractions you have.  Instead of focused working, I catch myself every 15 minutes checking to see which of my friends has updated their Facebook status, or to find out more about a random celebrity on Wikipedia, or to see if I have any new e-mail.  Sometimes my eyes get stuck on all the junk I have sitting on my desktop, or I zone out while listening to music.

Eventually, my mind is focused on anything but the work I have to get done.

I’ve fixed that problem, for the most part, by taking advantage of OS X’s multiple user accounts feature.  (This exists in Windows, too, but Windows is for shit heads, so I don’t know how to do it.)

What does this do?

A lot of people don’t realize you can create a second “user” on your computer.  This sets aside a small space on your computer with no personal documents, no messy desktop, nothing.  You go into it, and it’s almost like you have a brand new computer, aside from the existing applications you have.

I set up a new user — I named it “Work” — and whenever it’s time to get down to business, I simply log out of my main user, where all my personal documents are, and log into my “Work” user, where the only documents are those that are associated with my Internet business.

While in there, Facebook doesn’t automatically log me in, I have no e-mail accounts set up, and there’s no digital clutter to keep my mind distracted.  I’m a lot more focused on the task at hand.

How do you do it?

A patient-sounding man with a very robotic voice has saved me the trouble and already prepared an excellent tutorial on creating new user accounts.  Watch it below.

You simply need to select “log out” from the Apple menu when you want to switch between accounts.

Use this for any kind of project you have

I’ll be using this technique with all future projects I have.  The main advantage it provides is that the new user account has no data in it.  This decluttering will clear your mind and help you focus.  With a clear mind, you’ll find you get a lot more done.  When you’ve completed your work, just hop back over to your “main” account and spend as much time as you want on Wikipedia finding out what Stephanie from Full House is up to these days.

This entry was posted on Friday, April 17th, 2009 at 12:00 pm and is filed under How-to, Make Money, Tips and tricks.