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How to create a productive environment
The importance of self-care in productivity
How to avoid distractions
End with the beginning in mind
Instead of just randomly quitting a task, make sure you leave off at a place that will inspire you to get going next time you’re ready to pick it up.
Before you finish work for the day, capture any open questions that you’re currently working on. Ask yourself: if you were to continue working, what would be the very next thing you’d do?
- Write those questions and the next thing you would do on a piece of paper.
- Determine what you’ll do first when you sit down to work again. This gives you an immediate starting point for the next day.
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Tailor your to-do lists
Use the 1-3-5 rule when putting together her daily to-do list.
On any given day, set nine goals for yourself:- one big-ticket project to tackle
- three medium tasks
- five small things.
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Embrace procrastination
It creates artificial pressure that trains you to deal with real pressure during your career. Procrastinators have to learn to prioritize.
Because you’re doing everything at the last minute, there’s no time to forget anything or re-study anything. Your knowledge is fresh and the pressur...
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Build good habits in two minutes
The “two-minute rule” has two parts.
First, if something takes less than two minutes, do it now. Next, start building new habits for two minutes at a time. The rule for this is: When you start a new habit, it should take less than two minutes to do. The idea is to ...
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Set a short timeframe
“If you don’t want to do something, make a deal with yourself to do at least five minutes of it,” says Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom. “After five minutes, you’ll end up doing the whole thing.”
Getting started on somethi...
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Complete tasks in batches
It takes time to get into a rhythm to work on a task. Instead of constantly starting and stopping that process, it’s better to keep your rhythm going by bundling similar tasks together.
By doing this, you avoid interruptions and prevents himself from procrastinating.
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"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week." - Patton
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How to get work done today
- Create checklists by imagining the best way to complete your task in detail.
- The 2-minute rule. Take enough 2-minute tasks to create momentum. Start with anything, but end with tasks related to your intended work.
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