A lifeguard chair faces the water, not the crowd. Face the work, not the audience.

Where you point yourself decides what you notice. A chair facing the water puts the work in front of you and the crowd behind; turn it around and you will catch every reaction and miss the thing you came for. Attention follows the direction of the seat far more reliably than it follows good intentions. A lot of distraction is really a seating problem.

Arrange your next hour so the work is literally in front of you and the audience is not. Desk facing the page, phone out of sight, music on the stand. Let any praise find you afterwards.