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How to focus on the present moment
How to cultivate empathy and understanding towards others
How to set personal and professional goals
Building routines for the non-work parts of the day
When you have a pre-existing routine, it’s easier to fit work into it when it arises.
If you’re working from home on a regular basis, it’s good to get into a habit of showering and getting dressed, because it provides some parameters that say, ‘Work day has begun!’
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Work structure
Develop a reserve of cues that tell your brain it’s time for work and outline a structure you can tap into whenever you need to get down to business.
For example, work from the same place (and do nothing but work there) or listen to the same music or background noise.
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Routines reduce mental fatigue
They tell your brain what’s expected of it:
- They reduce decision fatigue and that fight-or-flight stress that can get in the way of taking action.
- They help you cultivate the “flow” state that leads to radical productivity.
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Routines are a personal thing
You’ll see the biggest returns from a daily routine when it’s a schedule that plays to your own unique rhythms and t...
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Good Rituals for Focused Work
- A good ritual should be accessible most of the time you plan to work. If you focus best in a library, but it is closed on weekends when you need it, it is not a good ritual.
- It should assist with getting into work, not adding steps that tu...
Types of people
Category 1: Losers
People who always see negative in everything and put in the least amount of effort or no effort at all. They are least bothered about what is happening around them. They will only crib and complain about how the world is. They will say someth...
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