More Focus

This is the time to invest in your concentration muscle and get that personal productivity system up and running!

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1. GET MORE FOCUS, WASTE LESS TIME
2. !
5. The need for more focus
6. Workplace culture
7. Bron: CBS
9. More Focus #general El DeBarge: @channel who’s Johnny?
12. INTENTION
13. 1. A personal productivity method 2. Train your concentration muscle
14. Monkey - Robot spectrum
15. Monkey - Robot spectrum
16. Monkey - Robot spectrum
17. Monkey - Robot spectrum
18. Monkey - Robot spectrum
20. 1. A personal productivity method 2. Train your concentration muscle
21. A personal productivity method as a basic operating system for your life
22. Your calendar has the highest priority Rule 1
23. Calendar Your calendar has the highest priority Projects E-mail Check your projects if you’re done with the task in your calendar No active projects left to work on? Great time to check your communication channels Has priority over… Has priority over…
24. Don’t keep stu! in your head Rule 2
25. Inbox Everything (Ideas, tasks, projects, e-mail you need to proces) goes to your inbox first. " Stuff Goes to…
26. Make the stuff clear and actionable Inbox Proces inbox 2 to 3 times a day Can you complete the task in 2 minutes? Process inbox Task/project manager No Do it Yes Make the stuff clear and actionable Everything (Ideas, tasks, projects, e-mail you need to proces) goes to your inbox first. Stuff Goes to… A trusted system
27. Urgent Not urgent Important Not important Don’t do it Schedule time to do it Do it (ASAP) Delegate it
28. OmniFocus Things Todoist
29. Do daily and weekly reviews Rule 3
30. ✔ Write down what your train of thought was so you can move on with that the next day ✔ Daily opening routine Process inbox ✔ Check calendar and choose highlight ✔ Start working Daily closing routine ✔ Process inbox ✔ Check calendar of next day ✔ Write hours
31. Projects Review all your projects and mark what you want and need to do next week Calendar Meetings Review the meetings of next week and plan preparation and process time Schedule enough time to work on your important and urgent projects Wekelijkse review
32. Where to start? • Get a trusted system up and running • Plan a weekly review • Keep yourself to the schedule you set out in your calendar
33. 1. A personal productivity method 2. Train your concentration muscle
34. Use the pomodoro technique
35. No ‘infinity pools’ on your phone
36. No notifications*
37. Keep your phone out of reach during the night
38. Don’t follow the daily news
39. Only say YES to things you are committed to do Urgent Not urgent Important Not important Don’t do it Schedule time to do it Do it (ASAP) Delegate it
40. Plan everything with intention (this includes evenings and weekends)
41. Plan communication time to process e-mail, Slack, WhatsApp etc. etc.
42. Walk around to increase your creativity
43. Apply the no-device* rule to meetings
44. Spent time with your own thoughts
45. Learn every thing you can about the software you use
46. Automate all the things
47. Where to start? • Start with one or two new habits for now and improve gradually • Schedule time to reflect on how your concentration was that day/week and keep a log
48. Summary Unhealthy trend towards more stress and burn-out Phone addiction
49. INTENTION
50. Invest in your personal productivity method Train your concentration muscle
51. ! /more-focus