If you have a to-do list full of big and small tasks, the more tasks you check off after completion, the more dopamine gets released.
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After you start working on a frog, continue working on it until you can take it off of your to-do list.
To do this effectively, you'll need to make sure you have tasks that are small enough to complete in one sitting. Also, make sure you have time blocked to work on your task.
A few explanations as to why it’s so hard to reject urgent tasks:
Add an easy-to-achieve goal to your to-do list. The satisfaction of ticking off a small task is linked with a flood of dopamine.
Each time your brain gets a whiff of this rewarding neurotransmitter, it will want you to repeat the associated behaviour.
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