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How to Stay Focused on the Important Things
- maheshs 15y agoI agree with the article but if I put in my words I would say "willingness to change the environment around you to stay focused".
- brooksbp 15y agoMisleading title
- tep 15y agoI don't agree with the article at all. The author advocates that you should change the environment around you so less discipline is needed to stay focused. I think this is counter productive. If this were a fundamental principle than our problems concerning procrastination would be solved for good. You browse unimportant websites and thus waste time? Just install Leechblock and the thereby created environment will require just as much "discipline" as you've got. Yeah, right ... It's also nagging me how he tosses around with words like "discipline" & "willpower" as if they were just as defined as colors like red and green.
- mdonahoe 15y agoBlocking websites works for me. And as soon as I unblock them, I'm right back on HN making comments instead of doing what I planned