Start fast

Take advantage of the full reserve of focus and energy that you have early in your day and get started with work quickly.

When your mind is starving for dopamine, don’t feed it by consuming social media or watching videos. Feed it by getting things checked off of your to-do list.

By midday, you’re drugged out on dopamine and have little motivation, energy, or focus left to have a really and truly productive day.

Imagine if by mid-day you’ve gotten 85% of your work finished? Then you can use the remaining energy to feel great about what you’ve accomplished before relaxing for the evening.

Start fast and do the important, impactful tasks first. Avoid the temptation of lining up ten easy things that you can get done and feel like you’ve accomplished a lot. That’s urgent, but not important work. Do the slow and important stuff that makes an impact on your life first.