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How to set clear objectives
How to follow up after a meeting
How to manage time effectively
Focus Phone for Productivity & Mindfulness
The phones are not the problem.
We are. We can turn these time-wasting machines into instruments of focus.
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What to keep
- Calls and internet access (obviously)
- Navigation apps
- Short form reading oriented apps for productivity boost and learning something new on the toilet or break time (Deepstash 🖤)
- Pomodoro timer app to use during work hours
- Tasks list for big ...
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Apps & Time
They help with your productivity and work flow:
- Forest App for pomodoro timer
- News app from Microsoft and Google
- Medium, of course
- Twitter for guilty pleasure
- Deepstash for learning new ideas and thoughts 🖤
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What not to keep
- No Messaging app
- No Media and streaming apps such as Netflix, Twitch… (no apps that generate audio and videos)
- No Games except if it helps you learn something
- No widgets
- Limitation on Social Media app (I failed and still have twitter for catching up ne...
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Our phones may not be the problem for our lack of concentration, but the way we use them by overcrowding them with distracting apps & notifications.
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Fighting For Our Focus
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Waiting And Mindfulness
Awareness and mindfulness are something that can be brought in the act of waiting, making it less of an ugly feeling where we fiddle with our phones, and turning it into a beautiful opportunity to explore our surroundings.
- We can check our capacity for patience, or a...
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