Get Into a Routine

Objective: Get plenty of restorative deep and REM sleep on a regular basis.

Key tactics: 

• Measure the stages of your sleep
• Block blue light 3-4 hours before sleep
• Have your bedroom dark and humid
• Wake at exactly the same time each morning

Setting specific times for employees to get into the deep work zone and establish certain rules that promote pure creative work is a great motivator and productivity enhancer.

If employees work just an hour doing one task, without any interruption, they will understand the benefits a...

• Separate some time to deep pursuits and leave the rest open to everything else. Channel your inner monastic for a limited stretch of time. Afterwards, return to regular accessibility.
• Remove the obstacles of “when” and “where” by setting a time and a place for deep work, an...