--- --- # Here’s How To Stay on Task When Interrupted by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jan 23, 2018 5:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jan 23, 2018 5:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**Here’s a simple strategy for staying on task when your work is interrupted.**](http://www.washington.edu/news/2018/01/16/task-interrupted-a-plan-for-returning-helps-you-move-on/) By Peter Kelley at the _University of Washington_ **2\.** [**Your babbling baby is learning to speak — and making you a better teacher.**](http://mediarelations.cornell.edu/2018/01/18/babies-babbling-betters-brains-language/) By Jeff Tyson at _Cornell University_ **3\.** [**To tackle gender bias in economics, we should start with the textbooks.**](http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/01/19/women-are-underrepresented-economics-textbooks-says-new-analysis-implications-fields) By Colleen Flaherty at _Inside Higher Ed_ **4\.** [**Is there a link between social class and what society perceives as ‘wisdom?’**](http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/12/lower-your-social-class-wiser-you-are-suggests-new-study) By Michael Price in _Science_ **5\.** [**The world needs a new social contract.**](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/01/time-new-social-contract-inequality-work-sharan-burrow/) By Sharan Burrow in _World Economic Forum_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ Five Best: Here’s How To Stay on Task When Interrupted ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5114306/heres-how-to-stay-on-task-when-interrupted/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5114306/heres-how-to-stay-on-task-when-interrupted/"},"headline":"Here’s How To Stay on Task When Interrupted","datePublished":"2018-01-23T17:00:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:11.601Z","description":"These are today's five best","url":"https://time.com/5114306/heres-how-to-stay-on-task-when-interrupted/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Economics","Innovation","behavior","Speech","productivity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5114306/heres-how-to-stay-on-task-when-interrupted/","name":"Here’s How To Stay on Task When Interrupted"}}]}] ```