I just probably needed more sleep than others
by leaps and bounds = with unexpectedly rapid progress
Physical Fitness As A Foundation
By going to bed and getting up at the same time every day your body falls into a rhythm. It becomes much easier to fall asleep, and wake up at the designated times.
Principle 5 - Routines
Principle 6 - Batching
Context switching drains a lot of mental energy.
Principle 7 - Proactive and Purposeful
I have found there are two things that cause me stress and drain my mental energy.
1. The feeling that I don’t know what I should be doing. And the consequence of constantly thinking about what I should be doing.
2. The feeling at the end of the day that I haven’t accomplished what I needed/wanted to accomplish.
The Ideal Day
Physical Fitness As A Foundation
Think Of Your Brain As A Muscle
doing things in repeated bursts and rests rather than long marathons
balance the sprints and rests
The number of hours in a day is fixed, but the quantity and quality of energy available to us is not
Different types of mental tasks require very different amounts of energy.
Different types of mental tasks require very different amounts of energy.
On the low end of the energy requirement spectrum are rote tasks (i.e. copying and pasting, signing/faxing, etc)
On the high end of the energy requirement spectrum, you have mental tasks that require comparing and contrasting (i.e. Prioritizing).
A type of task might be very consuming for one person, but easy for another.
Our brain is constantly looking for shortcuts and ways to conserve energy
Principle 6 - Batching
Context switching drains a lot of mental energy.
Principle 7 - Proactive and Purposeful
I have found there are two things that cause me stress and drain my mental energy.
1. The feeling that I don’t know what I should be doing. And the consequence of constantly thinking about what I should be doing.
2. The feeling at the end of the day that I haven’t accomplished what I needed/wanted to accomplish.
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