Hey Friends

As the most famous saying goes “Start your day with aadrak ki chai”, translation “ginger tea”. As I consume my strongly infused-ginger tea, I practice my newfound zeal for reviewing saved articles on Instapaper. Somehow the word ‘TEA: The 3 Pillars of Productivity You Need To Unlock Your Full Potential‘ stuck with me. It really highlights the lack of time, energy, and attention that may cause people to not achieve their full productivity potential.


Time 


Often you would hear people say ‘I wish there were more hours into the day’ directly or indirectly we find ourselves in a plethora of work. We have the energy and attention to complete such work, but the only component that is missing is time.


How to solve this 


I am going to be using this as a default example to address all three elements. For instance, if you’re someone who wants to learn how to play the Guitar/ New Language. You could apply the following solutions:


Energy


With lack of energy, builds frustration because you know what you need to achieve and have allocated time to that task but can’t follow through to completion. And, usually, the main cause of such distractions are seen in the form of procrastination. For the individual who intends to play the Guitar/ New Language, the lack of motivation hinders their desire to practice even though they have allocated time towards it. They find procrastination through social media or other trivial tasks.


How to solve this :-


Make it difficult for yourself to procrastinate – by making it more compelling & irresistible. Another solution would be to ask your (assistant, family member, friend) to turn your distracting devices on silent or may be in airplane mode . And, only return your phone when you’re through with your training session.


Attention 


With a lack of attention, there is a subdued feeling of getting everything under control. But, that’s never the case because you feel overwhelmed by the amount of work and hence a loss of focus is imminent. In such cases, we usually refer to statements like ‘I have soo much work, I don’t know where to start. For the individual learning the Guitar / New Languageon the weekend, their commitment to practice is stagnated by external factors like grocery shopping or house chores. Keep things compartmentalised and priorities your attention.


How to solve this :-


Taking measures like putting up a DO NOT DISTURB sign or ” CAN WE TALK ABOUT IT LATTER” on the door. Making people aware of your commitment – it could be through automated emails, putting up your weekend schedule on the fridge, or even verbally mentioning to people. Just think about it in your own way & see what suit you the best.


Motivation


I do believe there needs to be a fourth element to this framework. To me, the real meaning of motivation is progress. In the example, of an individual learning the Gulitar/ New Language, their motivation to continuously practice each day and building a system of cues to make the process of learning with limited distractions. This evidently will make learning more enjoyable and a lot more productive.


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