What I've learned: Accountability. This can mean sharing with a colleague what you intend to complete at the start of your day, and then sharing what you actua

What I've learned: Accountability. This can mean sharing with a colleague what you intend to complete at the start of your day, and then sharing what you actually completed at the close of the day. It can also mean finding a location where you feel the risk of your distractions being observed when you begin to indulge them (e.g. sit next to the CEO of your company; manage your work on a large, external monitor that's within your team's line of sight). Sleep. The poorer my sleep habits, the easier it becomes to focus on and become excited by the wrong things. What's tricky is that you may actually feel more energized or alert when sleep-deprived, but this is perhaps due to the extra releases of dopamine that help fuel you through the day, a mechanism that was once useful in hunter-gatherer days when survival depended on persisting through fatigue to complete a successful hunt. Nutrition. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I require all three if I wish to maintain consistent performance.