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Here's How I Stay Focused 🎧

2024-06-09 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:55 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: List of tips or lessons · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis

In a Short, Ali gives three things that help him stay focused: working somewhere nicer than his desk at home, inviting a friend or colleague to work alongside him for motivation and accountability, and the automatic time tracker Rize, which warns him when he drifts to another app.

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The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Three things that help him stay focused, with a closing plug for his book

  • ★★ For focused progress on something boring, Ali takes his laptop to a local coffee shop, restaurant, pub or library, anywhere nicer than sitting at his desk at home, which gets a bit depressing. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ To stay focused Ali invites a friend or colleague to join him in the coffee shop, so they both work and keep each other motivated and accountable. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Ali uses Rize, an automatic time tracker on his Mac that works out what he is working on and pops up a warning when he opens another app, a good reminder for him to stay on task. — 00:00:29

Threads in this video

  • refine · How do you improve your focus? — Ali uses Rize, an automatic time tracker on his Mac that works out what he is working on and pops up a warning when he opens another app, a good reminder for him to stay on task. (00:00:29)

Mentioned

Central: Rize

Also centred on Rize: I Tried 137 Productivity Tools. These Are The Best.

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