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4 brain states and how they impact your productivity

4 brain states and how they impact your productivity

  • Reactive and Distracted: This state is superficial. Your attention is divided and you may be trying to multitask.
  • Daydreaming: This state is when you are choosing not to focus on anything in particular.
  • Focused and Mindful: This state is where you’re fully present and deliberately avoiding distraction.
  • Flow: If you’re lucky, your brain can tip from focused and mindful into flow. This is a state and not a behavior. It’s when you’re laser-focused and fully absorbed in a task. You are disengaged from your sense of self and work is effortless.

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The ultimate goal of attention management is to recognize which brain state you’re in and then shift to the one that will help you produce your best results in that moment. Each of the four brain states has a related amount of attention and effort or control.

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