A lack of productivity isn’t due to a lack of time, but rather a lack of attention.
There’s a hidden trap in the belief that time is limited and precious.
If the solution were simply to devote most of our time to important tasks, then a 15-second story on Instagram shouldn’t make any difference, right?
Intuitively, we can derive that a lack of productivity isn’t due to a lack of time, but rather a lack of attention.
It’s like getting in shape for summer without having to give up your favorite pizza.
For many years, I have held as a personal axiom that the most precious asset in life is attention.
If you too often find yourself at 3 pm still in underpants watching stories about cats getting startled by cucumbers, I suggest you try this technique and then tell me how it goes.
By simply acknowledging every distraction, author managed to sort them into necessary and toxic distractions.
Over the course of two months, author stopped listening to music while working, deleted the Instagram app, and exchanged YouTube for MasterClass.
The Inner Game of Work technique helped author to keep himself focused which resulted in more productivity.