{"id":11952,"date":"2021-09-23T09:24:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T15:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/?p=11952"},"modified":"2021-10-26T19:49:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T01:49:08","slug":"3-biggest-productivity-killers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/3-biggest-productivity-killers\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Biggest Productivity Killers"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Procrastination: <\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/how-to-destroy-procrastination-and-make-all-your-dreams-come-through\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Avoid burning mental energy<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> by focusing on perfection or choice comparisons. Do the smallest and easiest thing to get you started. For example, do not read a book (perfection). Just read one paragraph (smallest) or maybe even two pages (easiest).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Distraction:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/3-plateaus-that-prevent-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">something is boring<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> or overly challenging, we are looking and hoping for a distraction.\u00a0 When something is complicated or unclear, we are willing to drift to other more manageable tasks.\u00a0 We never get distracted from a Netflix binge! Why is that? It is easy and fun. Try to simplify (more manageable) and gamify your task (fun), which can get you in a flow state. Do the most challenging thing first when you have the most energy and most minor distractions. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For example, first thing in the morning, break down a workflow and code a module in 25 minutes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Burnout:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This is rarer than the previous two, but you can overwork and slow your productivity if you often get in the state of flow. Get\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/most-important-physical-energy-management-strategies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Physically energized, <\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/5-things-to-revolutionize-your-relationships-say-the-right-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">emotionally connected<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/13-virtues-of-benjamin-franklin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spiritually aligned<\/a> to regain Mental focus.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: inherit;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sharing is Caring. Thanks for reading and Sharing \u2764<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow me\u00a0On:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/taylorchooquan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stephen.chooquan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/stephenchooquan\/\">Linked in<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Procrastination: Avoid burning mental energy by focusing on perfection or choice comparisons. Do the smallest and easiest thing to get you started. For example, do not read a book (perfection). Just read one paragraph (smallest) or maybe even two pages (easiest). Distraction:\u00a0 When\u00a0something is boring or overly challenging, we are looking and hoping for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-productivity-quality"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Productivity-Tools-and-Techniques-Basic_17-IN-06-GE-DLN-A-02.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11952"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12249,"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11952\/revisions\/12249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}