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Tricky situation

It may occur, that you're doing the most interesting part of you work, so that productivity is high, you feel involved and forget the...

Important: task name

It may sound strange, but picking the proper task title/description/note may be also effective, since when you just pick some phrase,...

Habit forming timeline

It seems, it can take around 30-50 days to get used to setting and completing tasks using advance daily app.

Metrics

Metrics are useful: one may think, that he/she is working hard, when in reality, the productivity is low. So the brain can trick you, but...

Tomato rule, pt 2

It seems, that tomato rule - setting timer - can work, but also applied not to the tasks and work, but to the procrastinating process....

Small breaks

It is much more effective to make small breaks (1-3 minutes), rather then one long break, which can potentially last for the rest of the...

Place

It is noticed, that working in the lab or office can increase productivity, since it will seem, that everybody around is busy (even if...

Wake up early

This may be really individual, but waking up early boosts productivity, especially when this few hours handicap is not waste on social...

Weekend

Productivity decreases on weekends, even if one uses Advance daily app. Nothing surprising here, but one should keep it in mind.

Interruptions

Removing sources of interruptions works like magic, when one wants to complete small (20min - 1hour) tasks. It doesn't work however for...

Tight time frame

Don't hesitate to complete tasks and set new goals before midnight. In theory, many of us can work after midnight, and finish everything...

5 seconds rule

5 seconds rule (start completing task in 5,4,3,2,1) works perfectly against small tasks, we don't want to do.

Strength of habit

At some point strength of the habit to using Advance daily to set tasks for tomorrow, became so strong, that I found myself thinking,...

Reward

Feeling of satisfaction of completing 100% even if there are only 2 tasks is stronger, then one completes 80% , even if there 10 tasks.

Starting doing smth as a whole task.

Sometimes, when a task seems to be too big to be completed fast, it is enough to set a task to start doing smth, e.g. writing huge...

Making a habit

The Advance daily app doesn't do anything extraordinary: in theory, any other planner app can do this: make the list of tasks for the...

"Frog eating" approach

"Frog eating" approach suggests you to do what you want to do the least in the very beginning, since every other task left will be much...

Tasks partition

If you are using the Advance daily app, keep an eye on the metrics: low productivity can mean two things: either there are too many...

"Tomato" rule

It is recommended in many sources to use "tomato" rule - set timer for 25 minutes, and during that time stick only to the solving of the...

Big goals

Solving some intermediate problems, always keeping in mind some big goals, they are related to, can cause procrastination. Perhaps this...

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