Limiting how much time you spend on a task... - Deepstash

Limiting how much time you spend on a task makes the task more fun, more structured, and less frustrating and difficult because you'll always be able to see an end in sight.

There are some huge productivity benefits to the idea as well. When you limit how much time you spend on something instead of throwing more time at the problem , you force yourself to exert more energy over less time to get it done, which will make you a lot more productive.

According to Tim, when you procrastinate "negative self-talk comes out in spades" , which is completely counterproductive.

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