From the course: Productivity Principles to Make Time for What’s Important

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Shut down distractions for laser focus

Shut down distractions for laser focus

- [Pete] What's laser? - [Jake] Okay, laser is about clearing out distraction, creating some space so you can focus on that thing. And I think that this is maybe where the way we think about accomplishing these highlights, accomplishing these things you really care about each day is different from a lot of systems, or a lot of the way people talk about this problem with distraction today. Our take on this is yes, those things, those paths of least resistance will get in the way of doing that thing that really matters to you, that highlight, but when you know what the highlight is, half of the battle is won when you actually have this thing you're excited about doing. When you know, you start to identify, this is my priority, I'm putting me first, and if I can not be distracted for an hour, an hour and a half, there's a great reward. So that's part of the thing that I think is different. The other thing is we'll say, "We have…

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