Keep the Main Thing, the Main Thing
Concentrate on what matters most to you. If you do this, you will never go wrong.
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Keep your priorities or main goal for the day front and center.
Focus on 1–2 things. That’s it. Tony Schwartz writes in HBR:
"The best way… to fuel higher productivity and more innovative thinking is to strongly encourage finite periods of absorbed focus, as well as shorter periods of real renewal."
Here‘s how:
Pick Something and Stick With It Get specific about what you will be doing and stick with it. Pick 1-2 things and give them your complete focus. This fuels higher productivity
Get the Big Things Done First Do the most important thing that absolutely needs to get done first
Block Out Time for Tedious Work Dedicate 30 minutes of your time to tasks that you don’t want to do, but have to do. Schedule them for the morning or right after lunch so you’re energized and can get through them. By working through them in chunks, you will free up more time for the enjoyable parts of your job/day