When you see yourself avoiding important tasks and issues that you feel you should be addressing, run the following checklist of possible reasons and follow corresponding unblocking procedures.
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Early in the morning, when you're browsing your to-do list, (preferably before checking e-mail), find at least one important pending issue and make a brave decision. That will start up the General - you'll need him wide awake and ready for service...
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Make sure you have robot-instructions in your to-do list. In the rush of the day you'll escape items that require decisions. Using verbs is a simple way to test it.
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As much as it may seem handy to keep many windows open in your screen, ready to work with, they are more likely to become a focus trap. Instead, have a super easy super quick way to open whatever you want in a blink and keep fewer windows and tabs open.
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Use at least a part of your day to Deep-Focus activites. Allow yourself to disconnect from everything(!) for a period of time and dive into some high-value complex tasks.
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If you want to optimize your focus at any moment, take a piece of paper and write down what you're thinking of - specially, what are you worriyng about?
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