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How to create a productive workspace at home
How to balance work and personal life while working remotely
How to maintain focus and motivation while working remotely
Conclusion
Take a piece of paper and write down one thing that would be really meaningful for you to get done today. It can be something tiny – sending an email or working for a small amount of time. It’s still better than nothing, right?
Once you’ve finished reading, set yourself a 25-minute timer and work on that. Once the task is up, do something pleasant again.
It’s really important to be proactive, where we feel we aren’t victims of the tasks we’re given. This mindset helps you to get more done and enjoy it more.
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When you link a task, you don't want to do!
It changes whether you stimulate reward centres or pain centres in the brain. When we resent something, we naturally stimulate our pain centres, which changes our emotional state and the blood flow to different regions of the brain – blood and energy is prioritised for your muscles.
This so...
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Break?
A good rule of thumb is having at least one break an hour and a half. Every 90 minutes, take a 15-minute break. For some people, this is too long – so they might work for 45 minutes and take a five to 10 minute break. It depends on your own individual preferences.
As the day goes by, severa...
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Creating unexpected rewards!
Some things naturally create a level of surprise. For instance, social situations naturally bring a level of uncertainty. When you have a meeting with somebody, they might praise you or they might tell you off or they might be neutral. You don’t know. So, if you’re working from home and really fe...
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What's motivation neurologically?
For motivation, there are multiple brain regions involved, but one in particular is the reward centre of the brain. It consists of two key areas: one called VTA (ventral tegmental area) and the other called nucleus accumbens (or NACC).
During pleasant activities, the VTA secretes a chemical...
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Large work needs large motivation.
Don’t even started until you see a point in doing it, because it’s going to be really unpleasant. If you if you stimulate pain centres related to that task, A) your performance will be worse, B) you won’t enjoy it, and C) it would take much, much longer for you to get it done.
So, write dow...
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You might be falling into the trap of making yourself think you’re making progress when you might not really be.
Consider whether something you’ve put on your list is a small task that can be done almost as quickly as you write it down. If a task is only going to take you 5 to 10 mi...
Pomodoro/Sprints
Time commitment to get started: Low
Type: Abstract
Perfect for people who: Desperately need to get something done and have a tendency to get distracted.
What it does: Helps you maintain focus for longer by split...
Why your goals matter
We’re more likely to get something done when we take a moment to think about why it matters to us personally.
Intrinsic goals are motivated by values meaningful to you, such as growth and relationships. These are much more motivating than extrinsic goals—efforts motivated by money, s...
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