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Pomodoro Technique helps timebox tasks in addition to prioritizing them. Both are required to stay focused and get into the flow.
My killer productivity hack is a combination of three techniques: 1. Pomodoro, 2. GTD (Getting Things Done), and 3. Spaced Repetition Learning. Pomodoro Technique helps timebox tasks in addition to prioritizing them. Both are required to stay focused and get into the flow.
Can you elaborate on that? I've been hesitant about trying Pomodoro because it appears like it would break the flow every 30 minutes.
For many people, sleep seems to be the #1 productivity booster. Certainly, the research seems to suggest focus suffers significantly thanks to lack of sleep - not to mention IQ. Needless to say there seem to be exceptions - Margaret Thatcher famously coped with 4 hours a night. It's been suggested that some people's ADRB1 expression continues while they're awake, which means they need less sleep. However, less sleep…
For me, I don't always have an issue being productive when I am in the zone but I have a problem of sometimes being unable to "jump-start" into that mode. Its like the engineers/developers version of a writers block and I get the occasional mental block when I need to create something.
So what do I do to overcome this?
I gave $1,000 to a really trusted friend and told him, if I dont show him the thing I want to create by the end of the week, he can give that money to an organisation that I absolutely against with on principle (think brainwashing) and hate with my guts.
Boy, it was sure a motivator to my brain on day 5 or 6. :)
You probably hear all the usual productivity hacks like promodoro, start with small things, constantly do it, switch off distractions, etc (which i do too in some form) but let me tell you an unorthodox technique I came up with that was inspired by this tweet - https://twitter.com/tkiramadden/status/1255516715502522370 For me, I don't always have an issue being productive when I am in the zone but I have a problem of…
noprocrast: yes
Fear. Nothing got me motivated to finish something like the fear of failing and the shame that I'd feel as a result. Not my favorite technique, and probably not what you're looking for, but I'm guessing half of my good accomplishments at work were based on that.
Ever start something literally the night before, and you finish at the last minute and realize how MUCH better it would be with another day to work on it?
Fear. Nothing got me motivated to finish something like the fear of failing and the shame that I'd feel as a result. Not my favorite technique, and probably not what you're looking for, but I'm guessing half of my good accomplishments at work were based on that.
A deadline is my #1 productivity hack. Ever start something literally the night before, and you finish at the last minute and realize how MUCH better it would be with another day to work on it?