Productivity
Johanna and
Productivity
So what kinds of distractions do work well during a 5-10 minute work break? Intuitively, I think we have a pretty good sense of some things that work well:
meditating
getting a glass of water
eating a small snack mindfully
going for a walk outside or around your office
stretching
Some that might be less obvious:
dancing
doing a mini-workout
free association
Mike Jarema • What Kinds of Distractions Are Good for Your Productivity?
Focus on one big thing
I used to make long to-do lists and feel guilty about not completing them.
Now, I structure my to-do list as follows:
If I finish my one big thing, then my day is a success. To find it, I use this matrix:
The Eisenhower matrix
This matrix does have one flaw. From my... See more
I used to make long to-do lists and feel guilty about not completing them.
Now, I structure my to-do list as follows:
One big thing Less important thing Less important thing
If I finish my one big thing, then my day is a success. To find it, I use this matrix:
The Eisenhower matrix
This matrix does have one flaw. From my... See more
Peter Yang • 8 Tips to Manage Your Time Better to Achieve Your Goals in 2024
“Many people (by which I meant me) seem to feel as if they start off each morning in a kind of "productivity debt", which they must struggle to pay off through the day, in hopes of reaching a zero balance by the time evening comes. Few things feel more basic to my experience of adulthood than this vague sense that I'm falling behind, and need to
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Dass innere Widerstände durch Grausamkeit gegenüber uns selbst bezwungen werden können, dieses Gerede vom Triumph des Willens. Aber Gewohnheiten unterliegen gerade nicht dem Willen. Je länger Sie beispielsweise jeden Tag dieselbe Strecke gefahren sind, desto weniger ist daran Ihr bewusster Wille beteiligt. Gewohnheiten folgen Auslösern, nicht... See more
Sara Peschke • Stefan Klein im Interview: "Der innere Schweinehund ist ein irrer Mythos"
Our metrics of progress have continuously abstracted: from the tangible bushels of wheat in agricultural economies (with natural physical limits), to industrial-era efficiency metrics (units/hour, machine uptime), to the nebulous productivity measures of knowledge work. Each evolution has moved us further from human-scaled, naturally bounded... See more