Episode #273
Engineer your environment to protect attention: disable notifications, close your door for deep work, and batch email instead of reacting to it.
Design adaptable routines and plan your day on paper; create momentum with a few quick wins and schedule deep work when your energy is highest.
Use simple focus tools like Pomodoro intervals and the Nicotra technique (numbered daily list plus visualization), and implement just one tactic to start.
You're distracted and living in a distracted world.
All right, first one, this is focus 101, turn off notifications.
Manage your energy, not just your time.
How to Get Focused
Do you find yourself easily distracted? Do you feel that if you could just get focused—and STAY focused—that you would be able to achieve more?
You are definitely not alone in this. We all have those days! And it doesn’t really help that this new normal—where we are stuck at home, with our communication being limited to screen-to-screen interaction—is taking a toll on our productivity and focus.
But our drive doesn’t have to stop there. There’s an exciting road ahead of us and no pandemic or distraction should get in the way of reaching your desired destination.
With discipline and determination—and a little help from this episode—you can snap out of this roadblock and continue to carry out successful goals!
In this episode, I talk about tactics and tools (that my clients swear by!) on how to get and stay focused so you could do great things and deliver high-quality performance. Tune in now!
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