SURVEY RESULTS: How CPAs Manage Distractions

… And how to stay focused.

How do YOU stay focused? Add your own comments here.

In a CPA Trendlines survey of 672 finance and accounting professionals, 22% complain they are “frequently” distracted. And another 5% say they are “terminally” distracted… “What was the question?”

But seriously… The number of accountants are who don’t suffer some problematic distraction is in the single digits. In fact no one says they are never distracted. Most CPAs are in the “sometimes” or “often” club.

Email may be one of the biggest problems.