DIY Productivity

Loosly held opinions and practices

1. Multitasking is bad, steals focus and hinders creativity
2. Mornings are the best time for productivity maxxing
3. Habits de-loads the brain
4. Technology gives you the means to distract, it is not the root cause of the distraction
5. Dont take too much at once, keep some spare room in your attention span
6. Think about your role in a meeting before joining the meeting
7. Eliminating stupidity is easier than seeking brilliance. Ref
8. Passion doesn’t come from work, it comes from beliefs
9. Big ambitions, low expectations, and high standards are a powerful combination for living your best life
10. Learning should be effortful rather than entertainment. Entertainment based learning is short lived and should be slotted in calendar as entertainment based learning.
    1. Tweet and Reference
    2. Digital learning makes it easy for us to trick our minds that we are actually learning when instead we are just being entertained
    3. That’s what learning takes. The process takes a lot of time and effort, which means it’s not something I can afford to do with every piece of content I find online.
11. As long as you are showing up everyday and just working on the highest priority items for you, you’ll be good. Dont be overwhelmed by the plethora of the tasks available to you. Just show up, prioritize and do the top things
12. You can do anything you want, but not everything you want