Techniques to try...
Listen to and pay attention to your body as part of cognition.
Set yourself up for success and go for a walk as part of cognition.
Misogi Challange : An action whose momentum could positively affect everything else. You do one thing once and it has an impact for 365 days
Regret Question : Will I regret it if I don’t try or will I regret it if I do try?
Make No Do List : Most people make to do list. Invert and make No list! No list can be for a day, week or longer.
If possible do Pre-mortems.
- Do fewer things. 2. Work at a natural pace. 3. Obsess over quality.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Word of the Year. Choose one word as your intention for the year, and apply it to the various situations life may throw at you.
Create an alter ego to summon confidence
Kobe Bryant created his "Black Mamba" alter ego as a way to get through the lowest point of his career. His nickname was inspired by the movie "Kill Bill," in which the snake, known for its agility and aggressiveness, was used as a code name for a deadly assassin. "The length, the snake, the bite, the strike,
Flaubert famously said, “Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”