Living in the New Media Age, all of us can experience lack of focus and get distracted. Email, social media, and yes, even Bob popping by to shoot the breeze, all contribute to breaking our rhythm when we try to get things done. By allowing distractions, we are actually in resistance to the present moment […]
Long time subscriber Heidi wrote us and kindly let us re-print. We liked her not so much we reached out and made playlist based on how she works – cool! As much as I would like to be, I’m not someone who can get a project done unless I have a set-in-stone deadline. How cool […]
Working alone can be tricky. Sure, it ‘s lovely to skip meetings that interrupt your flow or having to talk to Harry about how the Mets suck. But splendid isolation won’t by itself help you get things done if you can’t get into Flow. Paul Jun from 99u.com has some great tips and tricks to […]
Sure it is. And that’s OK. Ideally, if we’re trying to be more mindful, we follow a regime that helps us holistically attain mindfulness. Most of us meditate and practice to attain states of mindfulness. But sometimes, especially when just starting work, it’s hard. And then it’s absolutely OK to use hacks to jumpstart mindfulness. […]
Alex Taylor posts in Medium about some great tips to get your focus on. Alex comes from a programming/developer background, but his ideas work for anyone trying to knuckle down and get stuff done. Schedule your Focus Time Set aside specific hours on specific days where everyone is in focus mode. If you work in […]
Yes . . and that’s OK. To me, flow is a state of mind. And the Pomodoro technique helps set the stage for my mind to enter flow. Once my mind is in the flow state, I find I can break out for a few minutes and still be able to enter into flow after […]
Kara Loewentheil has a cool take on productivity and some root causes of low productivity. She explores the vicious cycle of anxiety and shame and the effect on our productivity. Kara looks at why we get anxious: When you think “I don’t know how to do this” or “I’m going to screw this up,” you are […]
Natalie Houston talks about increasing productivity in terms of energy management – not time management. The idea here is to discover your own energy cycles. And then schedule (where possible) specific tasks to your different energy states. Coding in the early morning and testing in the afternoon after a nap may work for me but […]
Of course, we want mindfulness in our lives – or at least I do. I love being able to stay on target and focused on the job at hand. This is, of course, the end-state of a mindful life – being in the moment with no worries for the future and no regrets from the […]
Makers make and create. Managers manage people (like Makers among other) and things (that Makers make). It gets complex working together especially when the two do not understand each others’ planning/time-blocking requirements. Makers need large blocks of uninterruptible time (usually >2 hours) to get into Flow to get stuff done. Managers have meetings and rarely […]