The more selective ignorance you cultivate in your life the more time you’ll have to the things that matter:

• Get your news from only a few respectable sources and only check them at specific times at the end of the day.
• Treat checking emails as a to-do. Schedule t...

1. It clarifies your thinking.
2. It leaves behind a record of where you are in this moment.
3. You can focus only on the people who want to hear from you and seek feedback from them.
4. It’s a project that is completely and totally up to you.
5. Because it’s a generous way ...

And if your job isn’t ideal for focusing on one thing per day, you can dedicate your morning to one focus area, your early afternoon to another, and late afternoon to another.

This way, instead of being overly restrictive about finishing a task in that time period, you have the flexi...