Over on 43 Folders (great site, well worth a spelunk or two) there’s a great post on getting focused.

I feel these techniques before, and find them quite useful - at least, when I remember to apply them. :-)

One key that has been really useful for me is to pay attention on how I phrase things I add to my TODO list - the template I need to $FOO because I want to $BAR is helpful here.

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