Fighting Back Against a Distracted World - Increasing your Focus and Self-motivation
summary
Quits full-time work, moves from working on a sofa to a rented office and co‑working space, and regains focus by breaking projects into tiny tasks, using Pomodoro sprints and four hours of blocked deep work per day. Cuts Facebook from 750 to 50 friends, removes social apps from the phone, mutes keywords like trump and brexit, and schedules posts with buffer and later. Uses Omnifocus, the Focus app and hey.com, daily hour walks for dopamine, and a parental ban hammer router schedule to keep kids offline until chores and reading are done.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and context
- 2:34Personal story and reflection
- 8:08Understanding procrastination
- 12:39Strategies to combat procrastination
- 17:03The impact of social media
- 28:44Managing social media usage
- 37:52Digital tools and parenting
- 43:13Controllable factors
- 45:58Productivity tips and conclusion
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