Graham Allcott

There’s no point trying. What you can manage is your attention, and it’s an even more subtle skill to learn. There are several layers to consider here in how you manage your attention, like managing the interaction between your attention and the information you need to do your work, managing your habits and how they affect your attention, managing your stress and eliminating distractions to give you more attention and managing your body and mind to give you better quality attention

ly.

In trying to define your own personal BHAG, you might like to think about the following:

What are your values?
What most excites you in your work and life?
What is the best use of your skills?
What does the world most need from you?

Time might be spent, but attention still needs to be paid.

You can’t manage time but you can manage attention

What are your values?
What most excites you in your work and life?
What is the best use of your skills

recommend you do read this book from start to finish the first time, it’s also

psychologists call ‘flow’ and what Buddhists call ‘Zen’:

There’s no point trying. What you can manage is your attention, and it’s an even more subtle skill to learn.

one key productivity lesson is to learn to be a bit kinder to yourself

Can I be sure that what I’m working on right now is the most appropriate thing for me to be doing at this exact moment?’