Creating a Satisfying Academic Career with Jo Van Every

The context in which you are writing makes a big difference to how well you can focus. Instead of waiting for ideal conditions, think about which tasks you could do in the context you are in that woul...

8 Okt 20215min

How you are feeling physically and emotionally will affect your focus. Instead of trying to push through (and possibly making things worse), you can choose which writing tasks you do with that in mind...

8 Okt 20216min

Have you ever noticed that if you have a full day for writing you find it harder to focus? Time constraints can help with focus. In this track I talk a bit about how that works and different ways you ...

8 Okt 20215min

A lot of advice about distraction focuses on the things you do when distracted. While sometimes those other possible activities act as a trigger, sometimes the trigger comes from somewhere else. In th...

8 Okt 20214min

So much of the discussion of distraction focuses on things like social media. What if you are being distracted by your own project? This track discusses 3 examples that came up in A Meeting With Your ...

8 Okt 20214min

Originally written in 2015, this track looks at the common advice to focus on one thing at a time, and how that can sometimes backfire. Using an extended knitting analogy, I discuss how giving yoursel...

8 Okt 20216min

Over the years I've written a lot about focus and distraction. This track introduces the collection of archive posts with some new thoughts on the value of identifying the problem before you try to im...

8 Okt 202111min

The purpose of planning is to enable you to take action, and to ensure that the things you take action on are the important things. The plan itself is a record of your decisions. Revisiting your plans...

21 Sep 202114min