These 7 SECRETS Will Maximize Your PRODUCTIVITY & FOCUS | Rob Dial
Channel: The Mindset Mentor Podcast
Date: 2020-08-21

8 Keys to Maximize Your Focus
We all have the same 24 hours in a day, the only difference is what we do with that time. 
I’ve got 8 keys that will help you maximize your focus so that you can become more productive to lead the life that you truly want. 

1. Stay away from your phone as long as possible. 
Especially in the morning. By looking at your phone first thing, you’re in a reactive state and we want to be in a proactive state.

2. Prepare your brain. 
Don’t jump from one task straight into another. Take 6 deep breaths to re-center yourself so that you can be prepared for your next task. 

3. Eliminate all distractions. 
Everyone's distractions throughout the day will be different. Discover what those distractions are and make sure that you find a way to ensure that they can no longer distract you. 

4. Stop multitasking. 
Humans cannot multitask, instead what we think is multitasking is task switching. The tasks will take you longer to complete and your quality of work will be lowered because you’re not 100% into it.  

5. Carry a notepad. 
Whenever you’re working on something, make sure you’ve got a pen and paper to brain dump the ideas that come to you throughout the day. Instead of putting a hold on your current task and researching your idea, write it down and explore it when it’s time. You can even schedule a couple of minutes each day to do a brain dumping session where you write down everything you possibly can so that when you begin to focus on your tasks your brain will have more bandwidth. 

6. Always have a set of headphones. 
Listen to binaural beats. There’s a ton of research you can do into why this is great to play in the background and I’ve trained my brain to focus when it hears this music. 

7. Pomodoro technique. 
Your brain peaks at about 10 minutes when you’re working on a task and then slowly declines. This technique is 25 minutes of work on one specific topic and 5 minutes off. 
By doing this, your brain will hit 3 peaks within 1.5 hours instead of being on a decline from the tenth minute. 

8. Have an alarm on your phone
If you want to be hardcore, try this for one week. Every hour rate your focus from 1-10, and after a week, you’ll discover your optimal working times.