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How to set achievable goals
How to create and stick to a schedule
How to break down large projects into smaller manageable tasks
Keep a time log of when you do focused work throughout the day. It makes focus more noteworthy than the feeling of being busy all day.
Writing down the starting time of a deep work session sets the intention to work deeply and makes tracking your hours easier.
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Anxiety is a cause of procrastination. You feel your upcoming work will be difficult, so you find a way to distract yourself.
Sometimes your anxiety stems from the standard you expect from yourself. You need to do a practice test, but you don't feel you've mas...
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The sign needn't be real - signaling to people you're going to do some focused work is enough.
If you have your own room for working, closing a door can serve as a barrier to potential interruptions.
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Wearing headphones can block out some of the ambient sounds and create a subtle barrier to being interrupted.
Regular headphones with some sounds playing will also do the trick. But researchers found listening to music with lyrics caused a decline in performance while whit...
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Consistently picking the same space for focused work will condition your brain to enter the right state of mind.
You can also pick focused spaces that limit the kind of unfocused work you can do. If you don't need the internet for your task, pick a spot without internet ac...
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We often struggle with internal distractions. We get restless, bored, frustrated, or anxious about the task.
The best way to handle these emotions is to plan what exactly you will work on, how you will work on it, and what steps you will follow
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For any focused work session, we should prevent the distractions we can control.
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If a newbie starts working deeply, he will not be working as deeply and for as long a time period as someone who’s been doing deep work for many months or years.
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Writing down your goals and tracking the action steps that are being taken towards them is a great way to identify areas of growth so more can be done to maintain consistent progress, even on a bad day.
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