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When to Schedule
Scheduling is another problem that will make you lose a lot of time in the beginning.
Some people schedule before the session. This allows them to start knowing what they have to do, so they don’t lose time on scheduling. Still, they spend their free time thinking doing that.
Other people schedule at the beginning of the working week/day. This technique is better for their mental health, but it is worse for productivity since scheduling takes away time from the work session.
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Choose the first task correctly
There are two techniques of choosing the first task of the day.
Think about each task as an obstacle to jump, while flow is the power that adds up to your jumping skills.
With the first, you can hope your jumping power is strong enough to make the obstacles fall.
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The problem of Deep Work
For deep work, the main problem is multitasking and jumping between projects. As Sophie Leroys analyzed in her study , multitasking results in attention residual , which is the inability of our ...
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The problem of Flow
For flow instead, the problem is the mindset since it deals with the inability to track progress, define tasks, and avoiding a fear-breaks. This last problem, in particular, is the pause we take when a task is too complex.
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Split each project in daily tasks
Without good planning, a project advances twice slower. And since the purpose is to speed up the process, divide your projects into daily macro-tasks.
At the beginning of each project, take some time to split it up and approximately plan the work, leaving some blank spaces ...
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Set shorter tasks and deadlines
Short deadlines not only make you work harder to finish faster, but they also train you to reach the deep work state constantly. Also, some new tasks may add up to the estimated ones, so you may need those extra hours of work every now and then.
Make every task simple. Each time I have to m...
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Use a reliable tracking system
A reliable tracking system is fundamental to switch between one task and another, maintaining flow. The better you track your progress – even in terms of required effort – the greater is the flow you will translate in the following task.
Another useful habit is to check your progress at the...
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Make clear and simple goals
- Make every goal traceable in terms of expected length and completion percentage. For example, write 2 out of 10 pages of a book, or run 2 out of 3 times per week.
- Do not use too many words. Mastering goal-setting abilities means also using fewer words to explain what you have to do. ...
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Split each day in sessions
In any type of work it is essential to have sessions dedicated to work and rest. The subdivision of your workday depends on what you have to do.
Each session contains a particular task, and usually, each of them takes at least half a session. If you perform repetitive tasks, you need to tra...
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Match challenges with skills
The most relevant part of flow is the ability to match skills with the complexity of the tasks. Every time you set a task, think about making it challenging enough it doesn’t bore you, but also not so harsh you give up on it.
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Deep Work and Flow: The Best Techniques To Complete Any Project -The Cosmopolitan Mindset
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Passionate about self-improvement, personal growth, finance, and creativity. I love to inspire people to become the better version of themselves. Author @ www.cosmopolitanmindset.com
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Free Time and Life Satisfaction
- There is a correlation between the number of hours of free time one gets and their life satisfaction.
- People's free time might be less fulfilling if they can't spend it with others.
- People with a lot of free time tend to feel low in self-esteem.
Schedule Time for Work - And Goofing of
- If you schedule your work ahead of time—every week or day or whatever works best for you—you gain more control of the attention you’re giving to work.
- There is nothing wrong with a little relaxing or binge watching Netflix as long as you're being intentional about it and scheduling i...
When meetings fill the workday
The ease of scheduling meetings in the office without consideration for their bigger impact is precisely why they’re such a threat to productivity.
While porting over office culture to remote work can cause the same meeting culture to arise while people work from home,
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