Focus

Distractions are frustrating and harm productivity, this is something I experienced as a developer and many engineering tasks do require complex thought.

Which is covered in this post: You don’t understand your software engineers

There are many times I heard the advice that you, who are new in the startup career, should think big.

And I agree, it is important and maybe it’s what defines a successful startup success. To make real changes in the world. Many people compare thinking big with make lots of money but it’s not the …

Leo Babauta and Tim Ferris discuss if goals is good or bad for us as individuals.

Leo think that the problem with goals is that it’s the end point, if we pursue a goal, and regardless of what we learned from it, or how much fun we had on the road, we feel that we have failed anyway and move forward.

A few months ago I started with some new habits.

You can read about them here: Good Habits

The routines

• Go to bed in reasonable time (before 11pm)
• No social media before 8am or after 10pm
• No snoozing
• Write daily
• No second screen when watching TV
• Meditate for 2 minutes every day

Routines would …

Are you stressed about what to eat for dinner? Worried about tomorrow’s meeting? Not had time to work out today? Or should you pick up the kids at daycare? 3 minutes to the next train?

There’s so much distraction, so much we want to do, some things that have been putting off that would have been done yesterday. So much to catch over the weekend. It’s hard to focus because of all the distractions.