If you’ve searched for how to stay focused in a distracting work environment, you’re already feeling the problem. You’re active, engaged, constantly moving—but not advancing. This is not a discipline problem. According to The Friction Effect

Most leaders assume that productivity is individual. If they are organized, they produce more. If they are distracted, they produce less. That explanation feels correct. But it misses the deeper mechanism. Productivity is not just about the person.