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Maker And Manager Days
Based on the kind of work and energy levels, one can plan the days or weeks into different kinds of work zones, where there are clear demarcations on the kind of work you plan to do.
- Maker Days: Days or times of the day where we enter the flow mode of creativity with no distractions.
- Manager Days: when we answer emails, make calls and hold our meetings.
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Lack Of Distractions Promotes Productivity
Many studies show that bad weather days when it is too cold or rainy, keeps the working people glued to their work, being more productive as they are less distracted by the thought of going outside.
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Time Management Is Not A Solution
Most people want more done during the course of the day, feeling productive if they have checked more boxes out of their to-do list. Time management has been a fad for a long time, equating productivity with the number of hours spent working.
The way we approach time management is proving ...
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Attention Management
Shifting our focus towards people and projects, rather than the time it takes for us to work on something is referred to as Attention Management.
Productivity is not a virtue, but just a means to an end, and it means nothing if the end is not worthy. Paying attenti...
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Contrasting Effects: Attention Residue
Contrasting effects, which compare your mundane task to the more enticing and juicy alternatives, make the task even more excruciating and dull. This Attention Residue happens because our mind keeps wandering to a more interesting task, making the timing of the various ...
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Splitting Weekdays As A Manager And A Maker
A way to organize our schedule is to split the days in our week into two categories, marking our calendar as:
- Manager Days: Only focusing on pairing, syncing, answering, meeting and doing managing and follow up work.
- Maker Days: Only focusin...
Mastering The Maker And Manager Schedule
- Use a time-tracking app and review the kind of activities that are done during the day and how much time the activities take.
- Categorize those activities as ‘maker’ or ‘manager’.
- Find the daily patterns and use that information to schedule your ‘maker time’.
- Keep ...
Splitting Days: The Alternative For The Rest Of Us
- Not everyone can commit full days of deep focus work, or even manage the whole day.
- We can refer to our body clocks, energy levels and working style to create a day calendar splitting blocks of hours in a way that we have half a day, or about three to four hours of...
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