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People expect a home working environment to liberate them. Instead, a lack of oversight and team cohesion \u2013 not to mention a world of digital distraction at their fingertips \u2013 leads to well-intentioned work sessions slipping like through their fingers like sand.<\/p>\n
Just like that, weeks, months, even years can disappear.<\/p>\n
Getting productive is about setting up mental frameworks that make productivity easy. And that condition your mind to thrive in any environment. Essentially, you have to \u201coutsmart\u201d your subconscious mind if you want it to behave.<\/p>\n
Here are 27 proven mind hacks for doing just that.<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s common for procrastinators to move the fun things in life to \u201clater\u201d because they always have work to catch up on\u2026<\/p>\n Then they don\u2019t do the work anyways. And so they put off the fun again too.<\/p>\n This creates a demoralizing situation where they\u2019re constantly in work mode but never actually get anything done. And since they never catch up to leisure, life becomes one long tedious chore of non-accomplishment\u2026<\/p>\n The Unschedule is a concept popularized by the book, \u201cThe Now Habit.\u201d<\/a> The core premise is to fill your planner with recreation FIRST. Wall off your weekend. Plan time off and activities for rest and recreation throughout the week (and the day).<\/p>\n Remember Parkinson\u2019s Law. Work tends to swell or shrink to the time you give it. So staking off free time first forces you to get work done in tighter windows\u2026you know, so you actually have to do it.<\/p>\n And it gives the brain rewards to look forward to while providing the downtime it needs to be most productive.<\/p>\n It\u2019s difficult to write an article about productivity without talking about \u201cprocrastinators\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n But we have to be cautious about the mental labels we give ourselves.<\/p>\n When you accept an identity, you subconsciously tell yourself that\u2019s just the way things are. Labeling yourself creates an easy excuse for not changing. Worse yet, it can make you feel like changing is impossible.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t breathe more life into this challenge than it deserves.<\/p>\n Everyone procrastinates. And there are proven ways to get better at managing your time, focus, and energy.<\/p>\n You are NOT a procrastinator.<\/p>\n You are someone who procrastinates sometimes. And getting more focused is a skillset that CAN be learned.<\/p>\n That starts with\u2026<\/p>\n Often, the true source of procrastination is perfectionism.<\/p>\n In our heart of hearts, we often don\u2019t begin something because we\u2019re afraid of not getting it right or looking stupid, or even being seen as an \u201cimposter.\u201d<\/p>\n The best pressure release valve?<\/p>\n Give yourself the permission to be flawed.<\/p>\n Before beginning work, remind yourself that getting it wrong (or at least wrong on the first go) is okay. You are imperfect. And mistakes are lessons you can redeem with trying again.<\/p>\n Open your computer, close your eyes for a moment, and create a silent intention to begin the work session with \u201cbeginner\u2019s mind.\u201d<\/p>\n You\u2019re there to learn and grow through your work.<\/p>\n Liberate yourself (and your results) through this mindset shift and you might tap into your best source of creativity yet.<\/p>\n One of the simplest accountability hacks is putting a whiteboard on the wall and standing up to mark a tally for each hour completed. You could also just use a notepad beside your computer.<\/p>\n Of course, this only makes you accountable to yourself, but those tallies function as a \u201cproof of progress\u201d that is very powerful for your brain \u2013 and a hit of accomplishment with every hour that you log.<\/p>\n You could even create a system of rewards and punishments for yourself based on your tally accumulation in a certain time frame.<\/p>\n Of course, making yourself accountable to friends can make this more powerful \u2013 partner up with someone and jump on a call every morning or evening to discuss goals, challenges, and progress. Share your daily tally if you like.<\/p>\n There are even websites<\/a> where you can obligate yourself to donate cash to a cause you hate if you don\u2019t follow through.<\/p>\n Even just filling your spouse in on what you intend to do, and then having them check in at a certain time to make sure you\u2019re doing it, can help keep you on track.<\/p>\n A helpful metaphor for work and life is to imagine yourself on a dark flight of stairs. You don\u2019t know where it\u2019s going, but you can see just that first step in front of you.<\/p>\n And once you step onto it, the next step reveals itself.<\/p>\n Keep doing that and step after step reveals itself in turn\u2026eventually you arrive at your destination.<\/p>\n Work (and life itself) is like that. We often don\u2019t know where a project will take us, but it seems we always know the first small step to go there. So focusing just on just the first thing you need to do creates momentum and widens your perspective as you go.<\/p>\n Even if you don\u2019t know how you\u2019re going to do something, or don\u2019t have a bigger picture of the project, don\u2019t let it intimidate you. Choose the first small task you do know and start.<\/p>\n The rest will unfold in time.<\/p>\n And by doing this you create an invaluable habit of always starting.<\/p>\n Sleep doctors often say you should only use your bed for sleeping or getting intimate \u2013 never laying around watching TV. Why?<\/p>\n Well, the brain likes to compartmentalize things. Once it categorizes the bed as the sleeping place, you lay down in it and your mental and biological systems immediately start to relax and drift off.<\/p>\n If possible, set aside an entire room for your office, commit to using that room for work and study only, and honor that commitment. Same thing happens. You step in the room and your brain slips into work mode.<\/p>\n Some people\u2019s dream is to have a beautiful view from the home office, but don\u2019t let that hold you back. You may actually find it to be a distraction \u2013 for me, putting my desk in front of a blank wall forces me to either work or, well, stare at the wall.<\/p>\n It\u2019s also a lot easier to shut other people out when you have a designated work room.<\/p>\n Which brings up another important point\u2026<\/p>\n People who haven\u2019t worked remotely won\u2019t understand how important it is to preserve your mental focus. And may not realize how demanding knowledge work can be. After all, what could possibly be so challenging about looking up from the computer to answer a quick question, right?<\/p>\n A lot, actually.<\/p>\n All it takes a microsecond of getting pulled out of the zone and you may have to spend 10, 20, 30 minutes, an hour working on getting back in that mental sweet spot again. If you can get back there at all.<\/p>\n And a well-meaning family member can easily interrupt you several times an hour with a \u201charmless\u201d question. There goes the day.<\/p>\n But here\u2019s the real danger. If you fall into the habit of indulging these small interruptions to be polite, you train YOUR OWN brain to accept them (instead of staking off work off as the sacred mental construct it must become).<\/p>\n Warning: you WILL get pushback when you start setting your foot down.<\/p>\n But it\u2019s imperative you get the point across; you are NOT to be bothered while working. Make it a rule, and protect that rule (or no one else will).<\/p>\n Again, work time is sacred.<\/p>\n Turn off phones and other notifications. Lock the door to your home and put in your headphones. Lock the door to your office if you live with others, and put up a custom-made sign letting people know interruption is only allowed in an emergency.<\/p>\n One idea is to leave the door open when doing less demanding stuff but close it during deep work sessions.<\/p>\n This creates an expectation pattern for yourself and others \u2013 the door open means come on in, and door closed means enter at your own risk.<\/p>\n A designated office is crucial, but at times you do need to move around to avoid mental stagnation.<\/p>\n For example, in more normal times I often hit a coffee shop or restaurant for changes of scenery if I\u2019m in a slump. It\u2019s often the only creative injection I need to get running again.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re stuck at home right now, you don\u2019t have that option. Try moving around your house instead.<\/p>\n Do less demanding work, like fielding emails with clients or making social media posts, at the kitchen table. Or bring the computer out to the balcony or back yard and do some work there if you have the luxury.<\/p>\n Of course, it\u2019s trickier to keep people from bothering you when playing musical rooms, but it can be worth it to keep the mind fresh.<\/p>\n Just choose your battles wisely.<\/p>\n Just because you \u201ccan\u201d make your own hours doesn\u2019t mean you shouldn\u2019t have set hours to work by.\u00a0 Keeping a strict schedule leaves you with a lot less choices to contend with and potentially pull you off track.<\/p>\n It also conditions your routine-loving brain to gear up for work at the same time every day.<\/p>\n \u201cClock in\u201d every morning at a specific hour, put in your time, and then \u201cclock out.\u201d<\/p>\n You don\u2019t necessarily have to work in 8-hour blocks, though. Once you get productive at home, you may find a lack of office distraction means doing more with less time.<\/p>\n You could also break your day in two.<\/p>\n For example, get up in the morning and put in your five good hours between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Take some hours off to enjoy the day. And then finish your remaining hours in the afternoon or early evening.<\/p>\n Figure out the best schedule for you, but then stick with it most days.<\/p>\n Getting dressed for success has a similar effect.<\/p>\n Sure, you can lounge around in your pajamas all day if you want\u2026<\/p>\n But there\u2019s no pride in that. Act like a slob and you will feel, and work, like one.<\/p>\n Try getting up to take a shower, make yourself look put-together, and put on at least casual business clothes. It just gives your morning routine a serious air and leaves you feeling like a professional.<\/p>\n Rituals like this have a profound effect on how you take on the day\u2026<\/p>\n And the results you get over time.<\/p>\n Speaking of rituals\u2026<\/p>\n A technique for getting yourself primed for work fast is to use the same exact set up of steps, or ritual, every time you sit down in front of your computer.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s an example.<\/p>\n Again, it\u2019s all about training your brain. You want your subconscious mind to recognize this as a primer to switching on the right gear.<\/p>\n Follow the\u00a0same steps every time, like a pilot enacting a launch sequence.<\/p>\n Eventually that mode switch comes faster and faster.<\/p>\n Track your time or work to a timer to train your brain for focused sprints with no getting off task.<\/p>\n You can keep your work blocks short at first and make them longer as the habit normalizes.<\/p>\n Tracking what you\u2019re actually doing with your time, or where you might be wasting time, also creates opportunities to improve your metrics. You can\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing wrong if you don\u2019t record what you\u2019re actually doing.<\/p>\n You can use a simple spreadsheet for work tracking. Or a notepad.<\/p>\n Record date, time started, time finished, and what tasks you worked on.<\/p>\n If you want to create accountability here, pair up with a friend to share work tracking in the same spreadsheet on Google Drive.<\/p>\n Or track actual computer use, work-related or not, with\u00a0FocusMe<\/a>\u2019s handy tracking tool, which presents a colored graph of where your online time goes.<\/p>\n Great trick for spotting problem areas with very little effort.<\/p>\n In general, multitasking is a bad idea.<\/p>\n It really bogs down your brain and makes you far less effective.<\/p>\n However, reality often doesn\u2019t give a choice, and we\u2019ve all got a handful of bite-sized tasks that we need to address eventually.<\/p>\n Give your brain a break on this one \u2013 but don\u2019t let them creep into work blocks!<\/p>\n The best way is to reserve multi-tasking time specifically for these tasks. Keep a list of small things you need to do, hit a timer, and just start knocking them off.<\/p>\n Do it once a day or a few times a week.<\/p>\n Valuable deep work time should always be protected just for deep work.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t ever let email checking become a reactive activity!<\/p>\n If you do, the part of your brain that craves being told what to do will have you checking into email a few times per hour to see if anything important comes in. This leaves you chasing unimportant but urgent tasks and allows way too many potential digital distractions in.<\/p>\n Email is a simple one to solve, thankfully.<\/p>\n Just give yourself 30 minutes, twice a day \u2013 less times or more, depending on your industry needs, but it SHOULD be set in stone.<\/p>\n No emails outside that time. Period.<\/p>\n Face it: for most of us, the world will NOT stop if an email sits half a day waiting for an answer.<\/p>\n You can also use web blocking software to set email limits using technology that will lock you out if you keep getting carried away. Our productivity software comes with a\u00a0Launch Limit feature perfect for focus-friendly email management<\/a>.<\/p>\n If email is a dangerous foe, social media is the \u201cboss battle\u201d for freelancers and online workers everywhere.<\/p>\n And make no mistake, social media has a massive impact on your brain and the way you think.<\/p>\n Studies show that too much social media time actually trains your brain for obsessive, info-snacking behavior that has radical implications for your focus time even when you\u2019re logged out.<\/p>\n Fortunately, there\u2019s a simple way to stop letting social media take over without opting out completely.<\/p>\n How much social media do you actually need? Probably not that much.<\/p>\n Just designate a social media hour at night to touch bases, make a couple posts, and check your messages. Include One QUICK check in the morning if you really feel it\u2019s crucial.<\/p>\n But you DO need to set rules on this.<\/p>\n You can even\u00a0use a web blocker to cut yourself off social media during the day<\/a>\u00a0when you\u2019re supposed to be working.<\/p>\n If you\u2019ll be researching during online work time, you need a proven way to avoid following distraction rabbits down their bottomless holes.<\/p>\n After all, who hasn\u2019t innocently clicked a tempting link \u2013 just for a sec, mind you \u2013 only to end up spending the rest of the day reading up on some wild conspiracy theory or collecting silly cat photos?<\/p>\n Even if you aren\u2019t surfing the web, those little to-dos that pop into your mind can really dilute your focus.<\/p>\n A great way to deal with these potential detours and mind burps is keep a small notepad beside your computer. I call this the distraction release valve.<\/p>\n Use it to jot down topics you want to research later, ideas you want to explore, or little quick to-dos. Anything that would otherwise drag you off track.<\/p>\n Then you can come back later when you\u2019re done working and take care of them.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll often find that after a bit of time passes, they don\u2019t seem all that pressing anymore.<\/p>\n Let Future You be the judge of that, though.<\/p>\n I\u2019m talking about real interaction \u2013 video and voice calls.<\/p>\n It might seem counterintuitive to get more productive by jumping on a call\u2026But there are plenty of reasons it keeps your brain on a tightly focused track.<\/p>\n For one, thing, email and chatting grinds up a lot of unnecessary time simply because we talk faster than we write \u2013 not to mention all the nuances that get missed in text-based communication and require clarification.<\/p>\n Sometimes it\u2019s easier to just pick up the phone for a quick 5-minute call to get the\u00a0point across.<\/p>\n Also, voice and video communication just feel more \u201creal.\u201d So you feel less alone and keep your work at home grounded in the real world.<\/p>\n Overall great for your emotional health.<\/p>\n Want to keep the engines of your mind burning clean?<\/p>\n Rev up the engines in your body.<\/p>\n The human animal was born to move!<\/p>\n Do a set of pushups or jumping jacks if you find yourself getting bored, burnt out, or uncreative. Split your day in half with a workout or quick run.<\/p>\n Even long slow walks (for those of us who can get out of the house that long) can be great for giving the mind a relief from the screen. Take in the scenery and give your subconscious a chance to chew on things.<\/p>\n I can\u2019t tell you how many times just setting down a difficult problem and going for a walk allowed my subconscious to hit me with the answer out of the blue.<\/p>\n Some of history\u2019s greatest creative\u00a0minds swore by this trick.<\/p>\n More hours do not always equal more results!<\/p>\n Far from it, in fact, when you\u2019re dealing with the brain. Because there\u2019s definitely a point of diminishing returns with quality cerebral output.<\/p>\n And don\u2019t forget the lessons of the Unschedule from Mind Hack #1.<\/p>\n Constantly moving forward to tackle all the things you meant to do earlier can create a demoralizing cycle that robs life from you with little reward.<\/p>\n So if it\u2019s getting late and you still haven\u2019t finished what you wanted, sign off for the day and try to do better next time. At some point just beating your head against the computer more will NOT make anything better come out of it\u2026<\/p>\n A deadline is a powerful way to get a lot more work done in a less time, and many remote workers find it\u2019s the only way to keep moving.<\/p>\n If you went to college, you probably remember how Parkinson\u2019s law dictated your life. Professors would give you way too much time to finish things, thinking it was all you could take. But you\u2019d wait all month and get it done in one or two nerve-wracked days.<\/p>\n They would have served you better by teaching you and your brain the focusing power of a tight deadline.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t just have a project deadline either \u2013 break projects down into small, manageable chunks and set artificial deadlines throughout. Put them right on the edge of your comfort zone to find out what you can really do.<\/p>\n Some people just function at their best by forcing themselves to stop the brainstorming and jump into the doing.<\/p>\n And finishing early leaves an emergency cushion in case you need to make big changes before the actual due date.<\/p>\n Struggling to find your motivation to start?<\/p>\n Constantly putting things off for later?<\/p>\n Often what causes this is your subconscious associates too much pain with what needs to be done or perceives the project as too big.<\/p>\n Trick your brain by setting a timer for \u201cjust 10 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n Anyone can find the motivation for 10 short minutes.<\/p>\n And the real power of this technique is that once you start you\u2019ll often fall right into your flow and end up working for hours.<\/p>\n As you get used to this habit, longer periods of time, like \u201cjust 25 minutes,\u201d will kickstart things just as easily. The more time you spend in the flow, the more your brain wants to be there and the easier it gets.<\/p>\n If it really just drives you crazy to wait all day before checking social media, playing a game, or reading emails\u2026<\/p>\n Okay, go ahead \u2013 check it when you first get online.<\/p>\n 5-10 minutes max and then get back off.<\/p>\n This allows you to \u201cget your fix\u201d and catch any important messages \u2013 but get off fast so you don\u2019t lose the whole day to it.\u00a0 No nagging feeling in the back of your mind that you might have missed something.<\/p>\n After a week of this your subconscious might accept that there\u2019s rarely anything pressing and you won\u2019t need to do this anymore.<\/p>\n A lot of people\u00a0swear by the Pomodoro technique, a time management strategy that separates work into (usually) 25-minute blocks separated by 5-minute breaks.<\/p>\n There are different ways to approach this, but a common method is:<\/p>\n After about 4 pomodoro intervals, you\u2019re encouraged to take a 15-20-minute break.<\/p>\n FocusMe Productivity software has Pomodoro Features built right into the program<\/a>, and it\u2019s all automated based on your settings.<\/p>\n The power in Pomodoro is it keeps work blocks small and digestible while putting breaks on a time limit too, so you can\u2019t wander off and get caught up in something else.<\/p>\n And the 30-minute intervals (25-minute work bloc + 5-minute break) fit nicely into an hourly workday.<\/p>\n Dr. Stephen Covey (author of \u201cThe 7 Habits of Highly-effective People\u201d) advocated always putting \u201cthe big rocks first.\u201d<\/p>\n Covey\u2019s metaphor is filling a bucket with rocks, pebbles, and sand. What\u2019s the best way to do it?<\/p>\n Well, if you filled the bucket with sand first, you\u2019d leave no room for pebbles or rocks.<\/p>\n But if you put the big rocks in first, the pebbles can fill in the spaces between the rocks, and the sand can fill the spaces in between.<\/p>\n The\u00a0 \u201cbig rocks\u201d are your most important goal-related projects. Pebbles are small, less important tasks. And sand is the \u201cfiller\u201d tasks that often leave no time for the things that matter.<\/p>\n It\u2019s an apt metaphor for why you should always tackle high priority actions first.<\/p>\n You just have to ask yourself \u2013 does filling your time with tasks ever pay if it crowds out the space that would have accommodated your biggest rocks?<\/p>\n Probably not.<\/p>\n Rewarding yourself for reaching small milestones and completing projects to dangle a carrot in front of yourself.<\/p>\n A simple way to do this?<\/p>\n Write out a list of things you\u2019ve been wanting to do or buy (even if you intend to do or buy them already). And then indulge your desires as you put in a certain number of hours or hit a particular milestone.<\/p>\n Your brain quickly learns that it gets rewards for working.<\/p>\n If you find this technique falling flat, though, because you don\u2019t ever actually get to reward yourself, you may need to adjust.\u00a0 Again, remember the lesson of the Unschedule: Depriving yourself completely can be self-defeating.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s how you can counteract that. Reward yourself for smaller achievements early on, so you\u2019re not running a marathon to hit your first finish line.<\/p>\n Sometimes your brain just needs to learn what goal achievement actually feels like.<\/p>\n After you build up a bank of small wins to whet your appetite, then start demanding more of yourself.<\/p>\n Not only are computer screens disruptive to healthy sleep, but spending half your night in the digital world after work can be disruptive to happy living. Not to mention make you feel like you never checked out of work at all.<\/p>\n Give yourself a \u201ccomputer curfew.\u201d<\/p>\n For example, force yourself to shut down all computers and devices at 8:30 pm. So you can wind down and listen to music, read, or just spend time with family.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re using FocusMe, you can set these rules in virtual stone, making it impossible to open your apps or browsers. You can even retain access to certain programs, like Spotify for music, while keeping yourself out of everything else.<\/p>\n Keeping your nights completely free not just of work but any digital activity is one of the quickest and easiest productivity hacks anyone can implement starting tonight.<\/p>\n It\u2019s so much easier to get passionate and engaged with what you\u2019re doing if you have a bigger why.<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t have one, hey, money isn\u2019t a horrible place to start.<\/p>\n List out all the things you plan to do with your money \u2013 and that you couldn\u2019t do without it. Reading over this in the\u00a0morning can instantly remind you why working hard is important, perhaps even mandatory.<\/p>\n But the most powerful why will be bigger than you.<\/p>\n Think about the bigger picture. How does your work CONTRIBUTE to the world?<\/p>\n How does your product or service genuinely make people more satisfied, make them safer, or help them live better lives.?<\/p>\n Maybe at this moment, you just can\u2019t get excited about the impact your work has on the world. Hey, we all have to pay the bills. But often even the most mundane work in the world has an important purpose.<\/p>\n Imagine a world without clean floors and unclogged toilets, for instance. Most things matter, or they wouldn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n So try to connect with what makes YOUR work matter.<\/p>\n If that still doesn\u2019t work, can you think of your job as a chance to master a skill that will take you where you want to go? How would seeing your work as being paid to learn change your approach?<\/p>\n The simple question of why can completely transform a day of work.<\/p>\n Perhaps even an entire career.<\/p>\n Disciplining the brain is like leash-training an over-eager puppy.<\/p>\n What happens when you try to walk an untrained dog? It constantly runs circles around your feet, right? It\u2019s wriggling little nose yanking it (and often you) this way and that.<\/p>\n How do you get it to settle down and follow, then? Kick it in the ribs? Scream at it and tell it what an unproductive loser it is?<\/p>\n Of course not!<\/p>\n Yet so many people take the \u201ckick in the ribs\u201d approach to getting their brain to behave. Is it any wonder it fails?<\/p>\n No, you give clear and simple commands. Reinforce them by gently but consistently guiding it back on track again and again. Maybe even the occasional treat.<\/p>\n Just like with the puppy, your mind needs the right guidance and conditioning.<\/p>\n This list of mind hacks can help you do it.<\/p>\n Check out this video find out how our productivity software can help.Or learn more here:<\/p>\nMind Hack #1:<\/h2>\n
Create An \u201cUnschedule\u201d<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #2:<\/h2>\n
But Don\u2019t Identify with Procrastination<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #3:<\/h2>\n
Create Accountability<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #4:<\/h2>\n
Embracing Beginner\u2019s Mind<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #5:<\/h2>\n
The Power of the \u201cNext Task\u201d<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nMind Hack #6:<\/h2>\n
Designate a Dedicated Office Area<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #7:<\/h2>\n
Train Your Brain to Train People Not to Bother You<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #8:<\/h2>\n
Move Around the House Too (Sometimes)<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #9:<\/h2>\n
Hold Yourself to A Rigid Work Schedule<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #10:<\/h2>\n
Get Dressed for Work<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nMind Hack #11:<\/h2>\n
Put Yourself in the Right Headspace on Command<\/h2>\n
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Mind Hack #12:<\/h2>\n
Track Your Time<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #13:<\/h2>\n
Batch Multitasking<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #14:<\/h2>\n
Schedule (and Limit) Your Email<\/h2>\n
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Mind Hack #15:<\/h2>\n
Put a Dial on Your Social Media Time Too<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #16:<\/h2>\n
Keep a \u201cDistraction Release Valve\u201d Beside Your Computer<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #17:<\/h2>\n
Get Real with People You Talk to Online<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #18:<\/h2>\n
Stop Work and Get Your Blood Flowing<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #19:<\/h2>\n
Don\u2019t Put in That Over-Time<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #20:<\/h2>\n
Create Artificial Deadlines<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #21:<\/h2>\n
Perfect the Art of Always Starting<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #22:<\/h2>\n
Allow Yourself a Little Morning Indulgence<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nMind Hack #23:<\/h2>\n
Use Pomodoro for Regular Work Blocks and Breaks<\/h2>\n
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Mind Hack #24:<\/h2>\n
How to Always Make Time for the Biggest Rocks in Your Bucket<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #25:<\/h2>\n
Give Your Mind the Bait to Keep Moving Forward<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #26:<\/h2>\n
Give Yourself a Computer \u201cCurfew\u201d<\/h2>\n
Mind Hack #27:<\/h2>\n
Inject Your Work with Purpose<\/h2>\n
Bottom Line: You Don\u2019t Need A Drill Sergeant Standing Over Your Shoulder To Conquer Worlds At Home<\/h2>\n
Download this article as a PDF<\/a><\/h2>\n
Now Go Teach Your Brain to Behave:<\/h2>\n