The concept of multitasking is scrutinized for its inefficiency, emphasizing the importance of focused attention and teamwork. Positive thinking and setting tiny, achievable goals are key to creating value for oneself and society.
Continually reinforce your mind on what you want it to do, not what you don't want it to do
Creative Positive Thought Loops
They focus on how you can create value
for yourself and for society
They focus on thinking big
They are positive
They include the word I
Einstein
Your life is a thought experiment
You choose what to imagine
Your thoughts are imaginative works of fiction
Pixar
"Smooshing" is when people are brought together in a shared workplace to collaborate
"Alienus Non Diutius" means Alone No Longer
Collaboration
"Network Effect" is when something becomes mores useful as others adopt it
Teamwork
Simulations
Live your life in the third-person rather then living your life from the first-person
Mentally simulating scenarios makes them more likely to happen
Tiny goals help you to achieve the bigger goal
LASER
Repeatable
Evaluated
Specific
Achievable
Limited
Tiny Goals
Repetition
Ways to achieve this:
Try to repeat positive loops
Use an app to increase productivity
Put reminders for yourself everywhere
Write Things Down
Helps to:
Express Your Gratitiude
Remind Yourself Of Your Goals
Reflect on Yourself
Loops
Types of loops
Infinite
Conditional
Counting
Acronym METAL
Loop
Action
Thought
Emotional
My
Multitasking is inefficient
What can ruin attention
Attention can be taxed by messages, alerts and interruptions
#2. Reflective, Bottom Up
#1. Voluntary, Top Down
Forms Of Attention
Improves cognitive control and ability to focus the mind
Train the mind to focus on specific targets and when it gets lost bring it back
Superuser Access
Mental Movies are when our mind spends time projecting into the future about plans,dreams or fears or when it is reminiscing about the past (memories,regrets and nostalgia)
You must become aware that you are viewing the movie/your mind
