In our age of constant distraction, it’s stupidly
easy to split our attention between what we should be doing and what society
bombards us with. Usually we’re balancing the needs of messages, emails, and
to–do lists at the same time that we are trying to get something accomplished.
It’s rare that we are fully engaged in the task at hand.
This
division of your time and energy is called “half–work.”
Here are some examples of half–work…
·
You start
writing a report, but stop randomly to
check your phone for no reason or to open up Facebook or Twitter.
·
You try
out a new workout routine. Two days later, you read about another “new” fitness
program and try a little bit of that. You make little progress in either
program and so you start searching for something better.
·
Your mind
wanders to your email inbox while you’re on the phone with someone.
Regardless of where and how you fall into the trap
of half–work, the result is always the same: you’re never fully engaged in the
task at hand, you rarely commit to a task for extended periods of time, and it takes you twice as long to accomplish
half as much.
Half–work is reason why you’re able to get more
done on your last day before vacation (when you really focus) than you do in
the 2 weeks previous (when you’re constantly distracted).
Most people
deal with this problem all of the time and the best way to overcome it is to
block out significant time to focus on one project and eliminate everything
else.
Pick one exercise and make it only focus for the
entire workout. (i.e. “Today is just for squats. Anything else is extra.”)
The complete elimination of distractions is the
only way to get into deep, focused work and avoid fragmented sessions where
you’re merely doing half–work.
How much more could you achieve if you did the work
you needed to do, the way you needed to do it, and eliminated the half–work,
half–wandering that we fill most of our days with?
CREATOR
ACADEMY’s course
on LIFESTYLE explains how to become an expert in understanding how to manage
time. How to differentiate the things to do in “urgent” and “important” ones. With
us you will be able to manage time according to your needs and you will
definitely be avoiding “HALF-WORK” issues. Managing time is an important aspect
of life. A good and healthy lifestyle comes when we manage time between our
work life and personal life alongwith taking care of our health which is the “REAL WEALTH”.
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