Brain Food: The 98/2 Rule
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Brain Food: The 98/2 Rule
Here's a simple calendar trick anyone can use:
(bookmark this and try it later)
There are 4 types of professional time:
1. Management
2. Creation
3. Consumption
4. Ideation
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The objective? avoid mental drag"Imagine that your brain is a computer. At the beginning of the day, your brain powers up and you have 100 percent of your computer memory available to use on your life. The only problem is that every time you add a task to your to-do list, a little bit of your computer memory goes toward that task."
James Clear • Never Check Email Before Noon (And Other Thoughts on Doing Your Best Work)
Instead of checking your email first thing in the morning and then getting sucked in and reacting to other people’s priorities, deal with email at the end of the day. That way, you can use your prime hours for your Highlight and other important work. You’ll probably have a little less energy at the end of the day, but that is actually a good thing
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