Here’s why it works wonders:

• Time-block your day the night before.
• Then, micro-visualize the same schedule in the morning.
• When it’s time to work, speak out loud, “5–4–3–2–1: Eat the frog!” Eat the biggest frog in the morning.
• And then, start a timer to make sure you stay anchored to the work at ...

Time-blocking is an easy time-management hack by Cal Newport that takes just a minute but leads to so much clarity in your day.

The night before, simply divide the coming day into 30-minute blocks (or 5-minute blocks if you’re Elon Musk) and assign tasks to them.

Whenever you start doing your work, set a timer for like an hour, or maybe 40 minutes. Whatever works for you.

Here’s why: a timer anchors you to the task at hand and makes distractions almost impossible. Because your mind knows the timer is on, it’s going to stay focused. ...

Eating the frog is basically doing the most challenging and dreaded task of the day. And while you’re time-blocking it the night before, it’s best to schedule it first thing in the morning.

• The most challenging task of the day is also the one that induces the most procrastination. Hence, the later you schedule it, the more time you might waste time procrastinating because of the stress it induces.
• But if you do it first thing in the morning, you’ll feel like a winner al...

You’ve heard of visualization as a technique to improve your future. However, visualizing a bright future alone won’t do much if you’re not willing to dial it down to the present and inculcate the needful habits to convert those imaginations into reality.

This helps you double-ancho...