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Optimizing Focus: Choosing the task to suit the context
The context in which you are writing makes a big difference to how well you can focus. Instead of waiting for ideal conditions, think about which tas…
5 years ago
Optimizing Focus: Choose the task to suit how you are feeling
How you are feeling physically and emotionally will affect your focus. Instead of trying to push through (and possibly making things worse), you can …
5 years ago
The impact of time available on your focus
Have you ever noticed that if you have a full day for writing you find it harder to focus? Time constraints can help with focus. In this track I talk…
5 years ago
Focus and the desire for distraction
A lot of advice about distraction focuses on the things you do when distracted. While sometimes those other possible activities act as a trigger, som…
5 years ago
Distraction: not the usual suspects
So much of the discussion of distraction focuses on things like social media. What if you are being distracted by your own project? This track discus…
5 years ago
One thing at a time?
Originally written in 2015, this track looks at the common advice to focus on one thing at a time, and how that can sometimes backfire. Using an exte…
5 years ago
Intro to Spotlight On: Optimizing Focus
Over the years I've written a lot about focus and distraction. This track introduces the collection of archive posts with some new thoughts on the va…
5 years ago
Planning as a practice
The purpose of planning is to enable you to take action, and to ensure that the things you take action on are the important things. The plan itself i…
5 years ago
Email Sign-offs
Do you get caught up in worrying about whether the way you (or whoever just emailed you) signed their email is rude or a passive-aggressive statement…
5 years, 1 month ago
Managing email in the rapid switch to remote
Written in the spring of 2020, the rapid switch to remote working due to the Covid pandemic made some issues around email practices and boundaries mu…
5 years, 1 month ago