Techniques to try...
Flaubert famously said, “Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”
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.
- Do fewer things. 2. Work at a natural pace. 3. Obsess over quality.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Regret Question : Will I regret it if I don’t try or will I regret it if I do try?
Misogi Challange : An action whose momentum could positively affect everything else. You do one thing once and it has an impact for 365 days
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.
If possible do Pre-mortems.
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.
Talk to yourself in the third person.