Do It Today: Overcome Procrastination, Improve Productivity, and Achieve More Meaningful Things

From minute 25 till minute 30: Visualize
Because I’ve gone through my calendar earlier, I know what
my day will look like. Next up: Visualize the next day in
detail.
Charles Duhigg talks about this exercise in his new
book 
Smarter Faster Better
. Duhigg writes about how the
most productive people visualize their days with more
specificity than the rest of us. I prefer to do this exercise in
the evening because when I wake up in the morning, I still
remember what I’ve visualized.
The result is: NO MORE snoozing.

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You won’t believe how much I would hit the snooze button in
the past. In fact, I would snooze so often that the alarm on
my phone would just give up. The hardcore snoozers know
what I’m talking about. Hit snooze so often, and you win.
The opposite is true. Snoozing is for losers. But I’m not
losing anymore because of this 30-minute evening ritual. As
a result, I go to sleep without stress, and I wake up with
focus: I exactly know what I have to do to turn the day into a
success. And that’s what I want to achieve with this ritual.
30 minutes of your evening sounds like a pretty good ROI if
you want to improve your life.
So give it a try tonight and find out for yourself. But don’t be
surprised if you wake up tomorrow morning ready to kick life
in the ass.

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Why Disconnecting From The
Internet Improves Your Focus
Modern life is pretty good. You’re always connected to the
internet, inside your home, and outside of it. With your
smartphone, you have the world at your fingertips. Sounds
great, right? NOT. Most people don’t use technology but are
rather used BY technology.
Apps, games, videos, articles, commercials, TV-shows, are
all designed to keep your attention. So without you knowing
it, you waste countless of hours every single week. Your
attention is all over the place, but not at the right place.
“To be everywhere is to be nowhere.”
— Seneca
Why do you think Netflix automatically starts the next
episode in 3, 2, 1 seconds? When that happens, you think:
“Screw it, let’s watch another episode.” The same goes for
YouTube. Why do you think their suggestions are so good?
They keep you locked in. And this applies to all content.
There is ALWAYS a “next” video, episode, article, game,
round, movie; you name it.
Funnily enough, most people who read these type of articles
know that a lack of focus is bad. And in recent years, a large
number of research papers and books have appeared about
the harmful effects of distractions. Specifically,
 research
shows
 that distractions are associated with more stress, and
higher frustration, time pressure, and effort.