Chris Bailey on Productivity Hacking and Hyperfocus

Published: April 20, 2020, 4:54 p.m.

b"In this podcast recorded at Agile 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Chris Bailey about his book Hyperfocus and techniques for productivity hacking.\\n\\nWhy listen to this podcast:\\n\\n\\u2022\\tFor many of us, having available time is not the problem \\u2013 it\\u2019s having available attention \\n\\u2022\\tWe all have a chronotype which shows the time of day when we are most productive \\n\\u2022\\tProductivity is about more than just managing time \\u2013 it\\u2019s about managing time, energy and attention\\n\\u2022\\tResearch shows that we tend to focus on one thing for only 35-40 seconds before being distracted\\n\\u2022\\tTasks that lead to procrastination have seven things in common: Those are whether a task is boring, whether it\\u2019s frustrating, whether it's difficult, whether it's ambiguous, whether it is unstructured, whether it's lacking in personal meaning, and whether it's lacking in intrinsic rewards.\\n\\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2XPhZyF\\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\\n\\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\\nCheck the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2XPhZyF"