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Even if it goes against the most popular time management approaches, consider starting your day with working on tasks that are energy-sucking.
Take advantage of your most productive time of the day and force yourself to delegate it, delete it, or complete it. Once all of these open loops are closed, move on to the most important tasks of the day.
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Similar to Steve Jobs's approach of holding walking meetings to get the creative juices flowing, try to go to an offsite place that inspires you to be creative and focused.
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When you have a task that you don't enjoy, dedicate a few minutes to write down:
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Imagine how you could transform your relationship with your vendors for example (accountant, lawyer, employees, etc.) by becoming accountability partners.
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Make follow-through a core value by developing an image of yourself as someone who follows through:
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When you lack motivation, sit next to a focused co-worker you don't know that well. This will help you because:
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Do it especially when you know you're going to procrastinate. This means:
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Studies show that taking a walk (especially where there's nature involved) helps restore our brain's ability to block distractions because it allows our mind to wander.
Counterintuitively, mental fatigue isn't caused by the exhaustion of the part of our brain that focuses. It is actually...
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A consistent exercise regimen has a significant positive impact on willpower.
When you have a tough choice to make and execute, go to the gym for 30 minutes in order to get your heart rate up and feel more energized.
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When you lack motivation, take some time to visualize the parts of your work that inspire you the most.
Studies show that having a purpose leads to being happier at work, which leads to being more productive. If you do something you love, you'll have a reservoir of vitality to dr...
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"Open loops" are all those tasks that you've had on your mind for weeks, months or even years that are still not completed. They quietly drain a lot of energy out of you by taking up space in your subconscious.
Take an hour, day, or week to close the loop and do that thing.
Busy time doesn’t bring you closer to your goals, making you feel anxious and unsettled - maximize the productive time.
Time management tips:
Open loops act as a drag on your attention. It pops up at the wrong time, or leave you worried that there's something you're forgetting.
If you store them somewhere else, then your brain can stop struggling to keep them, and you'll find yourself more focus...
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