It can be easy to lose our momentum. We find excuses to procrastinate and escape and be distracted. We forget why we started the things we were once excited about in the first place. But often a short reminder of what’s important can be enough to re-energise.
I love point 1. No one talks about it. But the reality is most of us are unproductive because we are too invested in judging others lives. Stems from insecurity I guess.
Mar 27, 2023·edited Mar 27, 2023Liked by Alex Mathers
Thanks Alex. Awesome list of productivity truths! One of them jumps out at me. "No clever productivity system or hack comes close to simply doing one thing at a time with your full attention." I've seen this advice over and over as well as the research about how bad multi-tasking is for productivity and focus, but I keep having the experience that moving between task domains often has a kind of cross-pollination effect that can be very creative and positive. There's this idea of staying focused and sticking with something even if you don't feel like it, vs the advice to walk away if things aren't flowing and come back. I'll often allow myself the latitude to NOT keep my full attention on one thing, especially when I'm not getting traction with it, and float to other forms of engagement that allow me to get momentum, and then go back to what I was working on. This comment is an exact example of that, and having successfully left this comment, I have momentum to tackle the thing I was working on, but felt a bit stalled with. Do you experience anything similar to this?
Please what do you do when you don't feel anything? It been 2 days and I can't feel myself the way I used to. It hurts me so much, nothing makes me happy than knowing I am being productive.
I love point 1. No one talks about it. But the reality is most of us are unproductive because we are too invested in judging others lives. Stems from insecurity I guess.
Thanks Alex. Awesome list of productivity truths! One of them jumps out at me. "No clever productivity system or hack comes close to simply doing one thing at a time with your full attention." I've seen this advice over and over as well as the research about how bad multi-tasking is for productivity and focus, but I keep having the experience that moving between task domains often has a kind of cross-pollination effect that can be very creative and positive. There's this idea of staying focused and sticking with something even if you don't feel like it, vs the advice to walk away if things aren't flowing and come back. I'll often allow myself the latitude to NOT keep my full attention on one thing, especially when I'm not getting traction with it, and float to other forms of engagement that allow me to get momentum, and then go back to what I was working on. This comment is an exact example of that, and having successfully left this comment, I have momentum to tackle the thing I was working on, but felt a bit stalled with. Do you experience anything similar to this?
Please what do you do when you don't feel anything? It been 2 days and I can't feel myself the way I used to. It hurts me so much, nothing makes me happy than knowing I am being productive.
Agree with so many of these. I wish someone had handed me this list 20 years ago! I've had to figure out most of them on my own.