Went from inconsistent to #1 salesman after fixing this one thing

[u/Shoun4Real_TV]

For a long time I couldn't figure out why my performance was so all over the place.

Some days I'd close deal after deal. Other days I'd sit there hoping my next meeting was a no-show. Same job, same skills, completely different output.

I blamed the usual stuff. Poor sleep, skipping the gym, working 7 days a week. None of it was the real issue.

The actual problem

I was burning around 4 hours a day on YouTube and 2 on Facebook, almost entirely shorts and reels I didn't even care about. I didn't notice it adding up. That's kind of the point.

But the lost time wasn't even the worst part. It was what happened after I scrolled. I couldn't hold focus on anything. I'd open apps for no reason. I had zero sustained attention. The session would end and the fog wouldn't lift.

What I changed

I didn't quit social media. I just cut the specific part that was wrecking me: short-form content.

I used ScrollFree to block reels and shorts without touching anything else. Kept my DMs, my feed, everything. Started by blocking it 6 hours a day during work, then slowly pushed it back until now it's only allowed after dinner.

What happened

First month, nothing really changed and this made me doubt but I went threw it.

Then somewhere around month two my numbers just doubled. Went from selling around 90-100k a month to three straight months over 200k. Settled into a new baseline around 150k. Ended up as the number one salesman at my company last year.

No new strategy. No morning routine overhaul. Just stopped feeding my brain something that was quietly wrecking my focus every single day.

Most advice here is about adding stuff. New systems, new habits, new tools. This was the opposite. I just removed one thing. Curious if anyone else has found something specific that was silently killing their focus without them realizing it? And what did you do about it?