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Easily distracted? You need to think like a medieval monk

Medieval monks were, in many ways, the original LinkedIn power users. The thing about overhauling your life, though, is that the real world tends to get in the way. No matter how much you try to shut the outside world out, it has a way of creeping in and putting ruin to your plans—and that applies just as much today as it did a millennium ago.