Some rules for productivity... - • You can only do one thing at a time, multi tasking is for muppets. • Work will expand to fill the time given for it (Parkinson’s Law), always create deadlines and hard stops in your day to work toward. • A body at rest stays at rest; getting started by creating the document, opening the email window etc is much of the battle. • Task switching loses you 15 minutes of your day. • Work done = Time x Intensity. You can change your intensity more easily than you can alter the passage of time. • Notifications are the kryptonite of focussed work, keep your phone away from your desk. • Leaving tasks purposefully unfinished helps you restart them after a break (Open Loops; Zeigarnik Effect). • Finishing tasks helps you to switch off and forget about them (Closed Loops; Zeigarnik Effect). • Walk, drink water, look out of the window and get fresh air during your break. Change your state. - #focus #podcast #productivity #lifehacks #modernwisdom #optimisation #joe...