https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread"> 8 Repeated Concepts found in advice about productivity

(b/c there& #39;s so much conflicting advice out there!)

From @Freakonomics with @CDuhigg https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-be-more-productive/">https://freakonomics.com/podcast/h...
Before I launch into these 8 I just want to say
there& #39;s SO MUCH conflicting advice out there
so I was so curious to see how this researcher put together the COMMONALITIES in what people talked about
[1] MOTIVATION
making choices that we are in control of enhances that feeling of motivation

{ PhD Supervisors, listen up! }
{ Fellow students -- learning to advocate for a gradual increase in decision making in YOUR project is also important }
[2] FOCUS
a mental model for filtering out what& #39;s not important so you can focus on what is

{ me, shouting into the ether: SETTING BOUNDARIES SO YOU PROTECT YOUR MAIN INTENTIONS OF THE YEAR }
{ me, intensifying: SAYING YES TO ONE THING IS SAYING NO TO ANOTHER }
[4] DECISION MAKING
entertain multiple probabilities and be able to discern the most likely one

{ AS AN EXPERT RUMINATOR I AM good at part A but still learning part B. Not having part B gives me HELLA ANXIETY }
[5] INNOVATION
creativity & the ability to pair clichés and old tricks into new ones adaptable to new ones

{ My best example of this is being able to explain what I do to a 5 year old. Subreddit ELI5 [explain like I& #39;m 5] is a great spot to try this out }
[6] DATA
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚡" title="High voltage sign" aria-label="Emoji: High voltage sign">the HARDER it is for your brain to absorb the info, the stickier it is in your brain

{ this is a new concept to me that I& #39;d never heard before! But it makes sense. I still remember how bees navigate using circadian rhythms and have 0 need for this knowledge https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐝" title="Honeybee" aria-label="Emoji: Honeybee"> }
[7] MANAGING OTHERS
best way to solve a problem is to get the people closest to the problem to solve it

{ read: stop trying to solve all issues by yourself b }
[8] TEAMS
who is in the team > how the team interacts

{ I& #39;ve heard conflicting thoughts on this so I& #39;m surprise this came out as a & #39;commonality& #39; }
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