Getting started is can be the heaviest lift of a task because we’re often exhausted before we even start. Here are three ways you exhaust yourself and drain your energy for a task before you even start.
The Unseen Force Draining Your Energy and Focus
Phantom Energy is a term that describes the electricity that is consumed by appliances when they are plugged in, even when not in use. Your mind works the same way.
Regulating Through Rhythm
The advice to take a walk in nature as a way regulate your system is common — but nature isn’t created equal for this purpose.
The Value of Not Pushing Through
Our culture conditions us that when we reach our edge we should “push through” the sticking points. Here’s why that’s a bad idea.
3 Ways You Deplete Your Energy For a Task Before You Even Start
Every task requires a certain amount of bandwidth, or energy, to complete. The more that consumes your bandwidth, the less available to do the task, resulting in procrastination. Here are the 3 main culprits and how to clear the space.
Your “Legitimate Reason” May Really Be Resistance
You can find confirmation for any reason you have to avoid what you’re avoiding. Your reason may even be legitimate. And here’s the tricky part: it can also be resistance.
Knowledge Work is Physical Work
We need to stop thinking of knowledge work as only cognitive work. No matter what you do, you are using your body.