Alexis Rondeau

Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

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dissatisfaction is an innate power that can be channeled to help us make things better in the same way it…

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My note Dissatisfaction Is an innate powe

His work shows how learning certain techniques as part of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) can disarm the discomfort that so often leads to harmful distractions.

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My note Disarm the discomfort that leads to harmful distractions

Doesn’t fun have to feel good? Not necessarily, Bogost says.

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My note Play doesnt have to be fun but still helps overcome discomfort

He advises that play can be part of any difficult task, and though play doesn’t necessarily have to be pleasurable, it can free us from discomfort—which, let’s not forget,…

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My note Play helps hard work relieve discomfort

Imagine how powerful you’d feel if you were able to transform the hard, focused work you have to do into…

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My note Imagine the power!!!

Instead of running away from our pain or using rewards like prizes and treats to help motivate us, the idea is to pay such close attention that you…

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My note The answer is to focus on the task

he soaked up as much information as he could about the way grass grows and how to treat it. Then, he created an “imaginary playground” in which the limitations actually helped to produce meaningful experiences. He learned about the constraints he had to operate under, including his local…

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My note How to create an imaginary playground: limits and improveing

Operating under constraints, Bogost says, is the key to…

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My note Constraints key to creativity and resulting fun

Finding the optimal path for the mower or beating a record time are other ways to create…

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My note Optimise. Score better.

People who did not see willpower as a finite resource did not show signs of ego depletion.

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My note Limited willpower is a belief

The important thing is to take responsibility for our actions without heaping on the toxic guilt that makes us feel even worse and can, ironically, lead us to seek even more…

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My note Stop guilt

He placed the human mind and body at the center, followed by close family in the next ring, then extended family, then fellow members of one’s tribe, then inhabitants of one’s town or city, fellow citizens and countrymen next, finishing with all humanity in the outermost ring.

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My note Values by domains. Body and mind. Family. Etc.

By turning our values into time, we make sure we have time for traction.

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My note Turn values into time

the central quality of a positive working…

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My note When i hated work i did nt trust them

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Every company has its policies. However, when it comes to how employees manage their workloads, many managers have little idea how their colleagues spend their time. Similarly, perhaps the biggest unknown to the employee is how they should spend their time, both inside and outside of work. How responsive should employees be after hours? Are they required to attend happy hours or other events full of “mandatory fun”? Will managers and clients expect employees to fulfill…

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My note So many questions

Using a detailed, timeboxed schedule helps clarify the central trust pact between…

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My note Timebox exactly together

review, the two parties can make informed decisions regarding whether the employee’s time is spent appropriately and help them…

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My note Am iworking on the most important task or am i distracting myself

Thanks to their newfound alignment, David agreed she didn’t need to attend so many meetings or mentor so many people and reassured her that this would not adversely affect her career ambitions, as long as she put in the time for her most important task: increasing revenue.

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My note Alignment on one thing