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We’re wired for distraction
So we shouldn’t be hard on ourselves.
There’s a mechanism embedded within our mind’s prefrontal cortex called the novelty bias, whereby, for every new, novel thing we direct our attention at, our mind rewards us with a hit of dopamine
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Hyperfocus vs scatterfocus
- Hyperfocus: it means directing your attention outward. It's the most productive mode of our mind, when one task fills our full attention.
- Scatterfocus: it means directing your attention inward. It's the most creative mode of our mind, when we deliberately ...
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The best productivity advice
It has to do with focus and allows us to accomplish everything we want to do in a smaller amount of time, so we have more time for what’s actually meaningful to us.
Because being able to focus on things, we see more meaning in them.
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Being intentional
We’re perfectly productive when we accomplish what we intend to do.
An intention for a day could be to write a few pages. And if we accomplish that, we’re perfectly productive. An intention for a day could also be to watch five episodes of a TV show and just relax. If we accompli...
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Accepting boredom
Learning to live with more boredom makes it easier for you to really feel present in every aspect of your life: work, relationships, and whatever else you want to do with your time that doesn't involve mindless scrolling on social media.
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How you define "productivity"
The way we define the concept of "productivity" really influences our perception.
For a lot of people, this word suggests something cold and corporate, that speaks about efficiency and becoming a robot.
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