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Urgency Trapping

Urgency trapping is when you constantly keep doing the most urgent thing but not the most important thing

This creates burnout and stress and anxiety. The solution to this is to figure out how to optimize your tasks, and avoid procrastination.

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How To Drastically Improve Your Focus

Improving your focus can help you be more productive and achieve your goals more effectively. Here are some tips on how to focus better:

Minimize distractions: Remove or minimize distractions in your environment. Turn off notifications on your phone, close unnecessary tabs ...

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The Eisenhower Matrix

The matrix is divided into four quadrants based on two criteria: importance and urgency. Importance refers to the significance of a task in achieving one's goals, while urgency refers to the time sensitivity of a task.

Using this technique is very effective and is much better than time bloc...

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Improve Focus Part 2

Take breaks: Take regular breaks to rest your mind and recharge your energy. This can help you stay focused for longer periods of time.

Practice mindfulness: Practice mindfulness techniques such as meditation, deep breathing, or yoga. This can help you calm your mind and improve your abilit...

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Task Management Is Better Than Time Management

While time management focuses on managing the amount of time available to complete tasks, task management focuses on organizing and prioritizing tasks themselves.

We often focus on how we are using our time but we should focus on what tasks we are using our time to accomplish.

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Avoiding Useless Urgency

If we can avoid the urgent tasks and focus on important ones, we can take care of our long-term goals.

Many small, mindless, menial tasks seem important and urgent to us, as they provide us with a rush of accomplishment. Answering a phone call or an email demand quick and ...

The urgency bias

The urgency bias

We usually give priority to unimportant tasks when there is a sense of urgency around them.

We’re actually psychologically wired to put aside important tasks in favor of tasks that feel more urgent. But spending our time taking care of urgent tasks can leave us feeling exh...

Categories of Tasks

"What is the most important thing in this moment?"Β - Focus on the things that really matter.

Categories your tasks:

  1. Important & UrgentΒ - Manage the time.
  2. Important & Not-UrgentΒ - Focus on these tasks.
  3. Not...

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