Diving right into email in the morning seems to be a mistake, as I easily get side tracked.
What did you do in the morning on your most productive days?
Good Morning Routines
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Re: Good Morning Routines
#2There is research that confirms your intuition, but mostly because it taxes cognitive energy reserves. Even if you can do it quickly or time-box it, it leaves you less able to do hard things. Look for papers by Roy Baumeister, or the book he co-wrote, "Willpower".
You want to start by building cognitive reserves and then use them on something that requires it.
For me, that means working out at 6-7am. But, I think you need to figure it out for yourself.
Re: Good Morning Routines
#3They'll get your lower back sorted in no time.
http://www.elitefts.com/education/training/good-mornings-und...
Re: Good Morning Routines
#4There is research that confirms your intuition, but mostly because it taxes cognitive energy reserves. Even if you can do it quickly or time-box it, it leaves you less able to do hard things. Look for papers by Roy Baumeister, or the book he co-wrote, "Willpower". You want to start by building cognitive reserves and then use them on something that requires it. For me, that means working out at 6-7am. But, I think you…
Yeah that makes sense. I feel like I am most productive if I touch email twice a day.
Also attacking the hardest thing that I have to do between 9am - 11am seems to work well. I have more energy to get it done. Maybe that has to do with waking up at 7, who knows.
Re: Good Morning Routines
#5There is research that confirms your intuition, but mostly because it taxes cognitive energy reserves. Even if you can do it quickly or time-box it, it leaves you less able to do hard things. Look for papers by Roy Baumeister, or the book he co-wrote, "Willpower". You want to start by building cognitive reserves and then use them on something that requires it. For me, that means working out at 6-7am. But, I think you…
Also this site has been helpful for clearing my mind.
(not affiliated with it)
Re: Good Morning Routines
#6They'll get your lower back sorted in no time. http://www.elitefts.com/education/training/good-mornings-und...
And all this time I just thought that guy at the gym had really bad squat form!