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Hyper Focus Ritual
To hyperfocus,
- Choose a productive or meaningful object of attention;
- Eliminate as many external and internal distractions as you can;
- Set a timer
- Focus on that chosen object of attention;
- Continually draw your focus back to that one object of attention.
When we should hyperfocus -
- Whenever we can
- Around the constraints of our work.
- When we need to work on a complex task.
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Recharging With Intention
Here are a few other break activities that may help
- Going on a nature walk.
- Running outside or visiting the gym at work (if your company has one) or offsite
- Meditating (especially if your office has a relaxation room)
- Reading something fun and not work-related
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Switching Off The Autopilot Mode
As many as 40 % of our actions are habits, which shouldn’t require conscious deliberation. That is autopilot mode. We can't manage our attention in autopilot mode.
To swith off autopilot mode -
- Just keep a plan what to do, when to do, and how much time will take ...
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Taming Distractions
To reduce distractions —
- Take stock of the distractions around you. Make a list.
- Distance yourself
- Introduce more productive cues into your environment.
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Limits Of Your Attention
Our brain receives 11 million “bits” of information in the form of sensory experiences each second. But how many of these eleven million bits can our minds consciously process and focus on at once? Just forty of them. Not forty million or forty thousand, but forty.
Our atte...
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Multitasking
WHEN WE CAN MULTITASK
- A few small habitual tasks. - listing music and running or cleaning home etc.
- A task that needs most of our focus, as well as, a habitual task. - listening to a podcast or audiobook while doing maintenance tasks, or play...
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Connecting Dots
To connect dots more easily —
- Scatter your attention in a richer environment. — You can also use cues to capture everything you need to get done.
- Write out the problems you’re trying to crack.
- Sleep on a problem.
- Step back.
- Intentionally leave tasks unfi...
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Scatter Focus
Scatter Focus: Our Brains Hidden Creative Mode
Different style of scatter focus
- Capture mode: Letting your mind roam freely and capturing whatever comes up.
- Problem-crunching mode: Holding a problem loosely in your mind a...
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Why Focus Matters
Studies show we can work for an average of just forty seconds in front of a computer before we’re either distracted or interrupted. (Needless to say, we do our best work when we attend to a task for a lot longer than forty seconds.)
We all are distracted by something else a...
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Collecting Dots
As a rule, we should
- consume more useful information, especially when we have the energy to process something denser;
- consume balanced information when we have less energy;
- consume entertaining information with intention or when we’re running low on energy and need to r...
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