“Once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, you can make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter.”

<ul><li>Working in marathons instead of sprints. A sprint is a time-limited burst of focused, high-energy work on a specific task. You’ll find sprinting effective and enjoyable.</li><li>Coping with distractions instead of eliminating them. By adopting the coping mindset, we’re implicitly agreeing to and endorsing omnipresent distraction in our work life. </li><li>Using fear and criticism to motivate yourself. People are successful despite their negative self-talk, not because of it.</li><li>Doing other people’s work instead of your own.</li></ul>

Common habits that interfere with productivity

Becoming more productive is about what you do less of, not more of.Often, the best way to improve your productivity is to identify the habits that are interfering with your productivity and eliminate them.

Becoming productive

“The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.”

“To produce at your peak level you need to work for extended periods with full concentration on a single task free from distraction.”

Often, the best way to improve your productivity is to identify the habits that are interfering with your productivity and eliminate them. When you do, you’ll find that you’re actually far more…

ROBERT GREENE

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