How To Clear Your Mind
- You're at work. You think about home.
- When you're at home, you think about work.
That vicious cycle continues as you become super unproductive at both and just SUCK like the SUCK that makes you suck.
How do you not suck?
To become fully-focused at what you do, you must clear your mind such that the only thing that bothers you is that motherbuffkin task in front of you.
To clear your mind, recommends productivity guru David Allen, simply do this:
- Write down what you're thinking to stop thinking about it.
That lets you mind think: "HEY! I can get to it later!"
BAZAMBAZAAAAAM
What happens?
Because you've emptied your thoughts to your tidy little collection bucket away from your fabulous brain, your productivity soars as your mind clears to let you focus 100% fully on the work.
- Mik: HEY BOB? WHAT U THINKING?
- Bob: I'm not thinking about ANYTHING BUT THIS TASK because I emptied my brain to focus on THIS TASK! HIGH FIVE!
- Mik: OMG OMG OMG U DA MAN. OMG OMG OMG
WOOHOOOO!
Dump thinking to bucket. Focus freely.
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Posted January 15 in Management, Life |
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on "How To Clear Your Mind"kimberrus (Rank: #9)
Great tip! I used to do this when I couldn't sleep I'd just pull out a note book and write until my head was clear then pass out. It was great but sometimes took a while... I still believe that I would have been up even longer if I didn't dump it on paper though.
jseyah (Rank: #11)
that's something i hadn't thought about. i should carry a notepad everywhere. this is a great follow up to your tip about increasing productivity with a clear mind, great job!
newworldorder (Rank: #40)
This is what an iPhone or an Android-based phone is good for: collection.