How To Ruin Your Best Focus Hours:
Focus is about zeroing in on what matters.
Itâs about minimizing distractions, no matter what.
I realized these four bad habits when I started my own business.
I was surprised to find they were already sabotaging me at work.
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1. Cold Starts
A cold start means unnecessary friction.
You sit down with no plan, no momentum, and your mind wandering.
If you want to get things done, this is not how you want to begin your day.
A warm start can be simple:
- Write one line about what youâre doing
- State one reason it matters
- Take one small first step forward.
Thatâs all it takes for your brain to get moving.
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2. Micro-Things
Checking messages, tabs, and other distractions is not the problem.
Constant reorientation is.
Every tiny detour kills your momentum. Give yourself a reason to delay, and you lose focus.
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3. YESs Stacking
Saying yes is easy.
Saying no â especially to yourself â is hard.
This is why real work gets buried under âsmallâ tasks. Do meaningful work first.
Paraphrasing from the âRichest Man in Babylon,â prioritize your important work before anything else.
If everything is a must, nothing matters.
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4. Mental Hoarding
How many unchecked notes do you have?
I collected in my second brain so many, that a second life wouldnât be enough to study.
Hoarding steals from you time, energy, and focus. Be more strict with your notes.
And to stop mental hoarding, try ending the day with three questions:
â What did I do right?
â What did I do terrible?
â What matters next?
Focus isnât force; it is subtraction.
Remove distractions and whatâs left is clarity.
You canât move forward if youâre constantly looking around.
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