Attention Management

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00:01:58 •Scheduling

00:04:18 •Time boxing

00:05:23 •Eliminating distractions

00:08:27 •Single task at a time

00:09:13 •Using flow states

00:14:46 •Halo effect

00:15:27 •Anchoring effect

00:15:57 •Bandwagon effect

00:16:19 •Familiarity bias

00:18:46 •Recognize that you might be susceptible to bias

00:19:14 •Consider the opposite

00:19:37 •Seek contrary perspectives, evidence, and opinions

00:20:28 •Reframe the problem

00:20:52 •Don’t commit too soon

00:21:17 •Speed and stress don’t help

00:21:44 •Use objective measures

00:25:06 •Find a community that lives your values

00:26:27 •Attach the identity to yourself

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• Brains have limited attentional capacity, and multitasking comes with a switching cost. We can tweak our environment to make the most of our attention and be more productive: we can fine-tune our scheduling strategy, use “time-boxing” and cut down on distractions. It’s easier to get into a “flow state” when we focus on one task at a time without distraction.

• Cognitive biases are distortions in our judgments and perceptions, and can undermine our ability to think clearly, especially if they’re unconscious. To make more objective decisions, acknowledge that you may be susceptible to bias, seek contrary perspectives, reframe the problem and don’t act in haste.

• Finally, we can use our need for identity to support good habit formation by seeking communities with shared values and deliberately attaching that identity to ourselves.

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