1. Tip #1: Split Tasks into their smallest components
1.1. The brain dumps a little dopamine every time we successfully accomplish a task — no matter how big or small.
1.2. This habit also has a tendency of keeping you moving toward your goals, and clearing the mental clutter in your mind. — TheMindUnleashed.com
2. Tip #2: Start the day with one or two easy tasks
2.1. After completing easy tasks, you'll have the motivation and energy to tackle the real hard problems.
3. Tip #3: Work on your hardest tasks when you work best
3.1. Don’t spend your high-quality energy on low-importance tasks, otherwise you’ll end up with high-quality results for low-importance tasks.
4. Tip #4: Prepare your next day the night before
4.1. At the end of your work day, write down all the tasks you’ll be working on for the next day and review it before going to bed.
4.2. This will help you wake up with a sense of purpose.
4.3. Your brain keeps working while you sleep, so sometimes you come up with genius ideas on how to complete your tasks while you sleep
5. Tip #5: Take breaks and relax
5.1. Don’t do it on a schedule, that makes no sense.
5.2. Take a break when you can’t solve a problem that you should be able to solve with minimal to low-effort.
5.3. Try these:
5.3.1. Power Nap
5.3.1.1. Sleep on your chair, a couch, a bed, a bean-bag, anything really.
5.3.1.2. If you really are mentally tired, you should fall asleep in between 5–15 minutes
5.3.1.3. And even if you don’t fall asleep, the rest from trying still helps.
5.3.1.4. It takes another 10–15 minutes to be fully energized after the nap
5.3.1.4.1. Tackle an easy task first before jumping back to the hard task.
5.3.2. Coffee Nap
5.3.2.1. A coffee nap is when you chug a coffee before a power nap.
5.3.2.2. The effects of the caffeine take about 20 minutes to kick in. Just in time for your nap to finish
5.3.2.3. If you do this, you might have a harder time sleeping at night
5.3.3. Take walks
5.3.3.1. Put some uplifting music in your ears and just stroll around for 15–60 minutes.
5.3.3.2. Think about nothing important
5.3.3.3. Near the end of the walk, try to transition to thinking about the task you were working on before the break.
5.3.3.4. This helps you be ready for when I’m at my desk again.
5.3.4. Take “thinking” showers
5.3.4.1. “Since [showering] do[es]n’t require much thought, you flip to autopilot. This frees up your unconscious to work on something else. Your mind goes wandering, leaving your brain to quietly play a no-holds-barred game of free association”.
5.3.5. Entertain myself
5.4. Ignore the people judging you for taking a well-deserved break.
6. Tip #6: Remember the ultimate goal
6.1. Visualize the end result. Every day. Ideally at all times
7. Tip #7: Every day, surround yourself with like-minded, highly motivated, individuals
7.1. Working with people who hate their job is poisonous. They drag everyone down.
7.2. If you have colleagues like that, hang out with the others who are motivated and it will uplift you.
7.3. Try working in a coworking space
7.3.1. Everyone working there are highly motivated people working on things they care about.
7.3.2. They motivate you
7.3.3. Try AngkorHub
7.3.4. Try The Living Room
7.3.5. Or try Networks