Practical focus help for distractible brains: at work, while studying, and with ADHD.
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Why Hard Work Needs 90-Minute Blocks
Most of us try to do hard thinking in the leftover minutes between meetings. Here is why that rarely works, and how to build a day around a few protected blocks instead.
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Reset Your Phone’s Defaults in 30 Minutes
Most phones are set up to interrupt you as often as possible. These are the settings to change, in about half an hour.
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The Two-Minute Start
Procrastination usually comes from a first step that feels too big. Make the first step two minutes long and starting gets much easier.
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A 30-Minute Weekly Review
Most weekly review templates are too long to keep up. This one has four parts and takes about thirty minutes.
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Change Your Room Before You Change Your Habits
People who seem disciplined often just have fewer temptations within reach. Small changes to your space do work that willpower keeps failing at.
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Put Your Inbox on a Schedule
Email, admin and quick replies are part of every job. Batching them into a few fixed windows keeps them from taking over the day.