![]() The appearance of busyness is usually a sign of failure. If you need to be available to people more urgently, open chat only, but keep email closed. Close your email tab and only check at regularly planned times - maybe twice a day. Put your phone on permanent Do Not Disturb and turn off the volume. It’s a toxic addiction that corrodes the productivity of modern professionals. We’ve been trained to listen for phone notifications, refresh our inboxes, and respond to instant messages instantly. How crazy is that - an app is competing for our time with one of our most basic biological functions as human beings… and it’s winning. Netflix’s CEO famously boasted that their competition is sleep. Nearly all of us allow our attention to be splintered by a million apps that are honed to steal our time. :) Personal Productivity Opt-out of the attention game Your mileage may vary, so take with a large grain of salt. ![]() ![]() This is a living document summarizing some of the practices I’ve personally found to enable (1) peaceful / calm work practices that are (2) effective at accomplishing difficult projects which (3) have measurable, positive impact on myself, my team, and my customers. Sharing here with some light updating for anyone else who finds it useful. June 2020: Two years ago on a long plane ride, I wrote these notes for myself and my friends.
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