Prioritise
Not everything is important.
By nature some things are more important than others.
- Clearing a blocker
- This may be beneficial for the entire team rather than just for you
- Solving a critical bug
Pomodoro Technique
Pomodoro Technique
Set a timer for 25 minutes. Focus on a task. When the timer rings yup take a small break and you repeat the loop.
This can help with Tunnel Vision. It’s essentially like taking a fresh look on an issue
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Time Boxing
Time Boxing
Write down what needs to be done
Get a piece of paper or another medium and note down what needs to happen today.
Settle on the top priorities
Not everything is equally important. Prioritize what needs to be done today and ASAP.
Create Time Slots to work on said priorities
Create time slots of one hour increments for things you need to be focusing on.
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Automation
Automating a repetitive task that takes you 5 minutes to do? Even if that task would take 6 hours to automate, consider the benefits. In the long run it’ll save you time and it will help you by minimizing interruptions and Context Switching.
Automation will also help you with the Human Factor. Humans make mistakes.
Continuous Learning
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Slow and steady wins the race.
You don’t have to do learn everything there is to know about a certain topic. Spaced Repetition will get you a long way.