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How to create a productive environment
The importance of self-care in productivity
How to avoid distractions
A major barrier to reading more books into having interesting reading material available.
A simple strategy is to have three books with you.
If reading feels unpleasant, you're possibly reading the wrong books.
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Time for learning can feel like a luxury. It may feel like there isn't energy or time for anything else. Yet our peak experiences come when we expand our thinking. Without leaning, life becomes flat.
When you learn new things in your limited time, you'll substantially increase the amount of...
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Finding a stretch o free time is hard. All you might have are fragments of time throughout your day.
One strategy to increase learning is to regularly pursue at least one task or project that is speculative. It should be something outside of the range of your current abilities in an area yo...
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Reading before you sleep is a great way to expand your learning time.
Books that require mental effort will also more quickly put you to sleep. Pick a book you've always wanted to read and keep it at your bedside, such as a classic work of fiction or a challenging nonfiction book.
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Many skills have a forbidding eputation. We want to learn a programming language but writing coe is a grind.
A method known as pretraining can break down the difficulty of these pursuits.
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If you care about learning, build it into your social circle.
Discussion groups can come in many forms. For example, you can organize a group among friends interested in a topic or join pre-existing groups on services like Meetup to discuss topics of interest.
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Find courses that interest you on YouTube and watch them during your computer breaks.
Start with more entertaining courses and switch to headier stuff once you've built the habit.
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Hobbies and skills require hands-on experience, yet, it is often the most difficult to fit into a busy life.
One way to maximize your time is to ensure all your projects are ready to start. Create a dedicated workspace, so you only have to sit down and get to work.
Get the project pas...
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Books have context and their words can work better when a certain book has the right time and place. Choosing the right book at the right time is a great way to ensure it is finished. This can also work as a cue for us to pick up a certain book at a specific time or place.
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