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Haiku Productivity: The Power of Limits to Increase Our Focus
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Constrains and productivity
If you have lots to do and the entire week for that, it doesn’t feel that urgent, and you often do little things (answering emails, for example). But if you only have an hour a day, and one really important project, you will be way more focused.
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- People show up: they are far less likely to skip a 30-minute session.
- Everyone is on time.
- People are much more likely to come prepared. There’s no time wasted on tangents and going-nowhere conversations.
- The time pressure enhances focus and attention.
- Participants are more willing to be courageous.
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Make 30 minutes meetings count
- Read what you need to beforehand and tell everyone else to do the same. Think about your questions. Decide what’s important and what you can let go of.
- Decide on the one thing that will make the biggest difference, and spend the 30 minutes on that issue, topic, or opportunity.
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Observe Your Need To Procrastinate
- Observe the need to procrastinate, recognizing and being aware of your desire. This is called meta-recognition and is what all the Gurus keep talking about when they speak about awareness.
- Label and accept your urge to waste your time, but without any negative judgement.
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The Real Enemy of Flow
The biggest obstacle, the main villain hampering our productivity is always in your hands, and rarely in your pockets. _It’s your smartphone. It needs to be powered off for some time. Your laptop, clamouring for attention, is not helping either. Remove all distractions and notifications so that you can get in the ‘flow’ mode.
Creating friction between us and the open black hole of the online distractions helps us focus on work.