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by David Perez
08/20/2019
in Productivity
tags Charles duhigg, evernote, nicholas carr, organization, productivity, productivity thieves, the power of habit, The shallows, toxic habits
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How Toxic Habits Steal Your Productivity (and How to Take it Back)

by David Perez
08/20/2019
in Productivity
tags Charles duhigg, evernote, nicholas carr, organization, productivity, productivity thieves, the power of habit, The shallows, toxic habits
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This is the third post in our series on productivity thieves, those habits and distractions preventing you from achieving your full potential. Check out our previous posts on ‘fractured focus’ and ‘decision fatigue.‘ Have you ever gotten to work and not remembered how you got there? You must have brushed your teeth, taken a shower, and fought through traffic, but you don’t recall doing any of it. This can happen

by David Perez
08/05/2019
in Productivity
tags Cal Newport, Deep Work, directed attention, evernote, focus, fractured focus, nicholas carr, productivity, tiago forte, time management
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How Fractured Focus Steals Your Productivity (and How to Take it Back)

by David Perez
08/05/2019
in Productivity
tags Cal Newport, Deep Work, directed attention, evernote, focus, fractured focus, nicholas carr, productivity, tiago forte, time management
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If we had to convey how to be more productive in one sentence, it would go something like this: Put the best version of yourself in charge. That sounds easy, but doing it requires more than simply reading another book about focus. The more we look into productivity—how to achieve it and why we keep losing it—the clearer it is that a lack of information isn’t the problem. The problem