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How to create a productive environment
The importance of self-care in productivity
How to avoid distractions
Take your distance
Take some time to clear your head, while breathing deeply and becoming mindful of yourself and your surroundings.
It will reduce your anxiety and help your brain to find clearer solutions.
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Understand your indecision
There are many reasons why you might procrastinate.
You may end up in a trap of analysis paralysis, you may run over the same options, hoping for some new evidence to appear, or toggle between two choices, unable to determine which is better.
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Stop inflating your anticipation
Our brains are hard-wired to overestimate the negative consequences of our actions.
Inflating your expectation of risk can make you worry excessively about how your decision might be wrong, no matter what choice you make.
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Forget perfection
Wanting to choose the perfect option holds us back from deciding.
Such options aren’t realistic, so we’re left instead with a handful of options that aren't particularly good or bad.
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Write down your logic
Analyzing your choices in your head over and over isn’t going to make you feel any better about your decision.
Try to externalize your arguments by writing down your logic, preferably on a piece of paper.
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Make some immediate progress
Instead of trying to finalize your decision right away, commit to making some kind of progress with your decision.
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Work outside of your comfort zone
- Commit to working on your weaknesses.
- Try to step back and take other ideas and criticisms.
- When you're feeling overwhelmed with a problem, walk away from the issue for a minute to clear your head. This can help to find solutions.
Take notes
Take both physical and mental notes on what goes on around you.
While you're immersing yourself in the culture of the company, also familiarize yourself with some of the other norms. How does your boss react to certain things? What are the problems you can provide solutions to? ...
Meditate
Meditation improves your attention, focus, self-awareness, and lower your stress levels.
Meditating for even just a few minutes every day will help you to clear your head while activating the areas of your brain related to decision-making and emotions.
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