How to focus so you work on you most important goals?

Question

It's all good and well to write down your goals, but how to make sure you spend your time as effectively as possible on reaching those goals? Dear HN readers, what methods do you use to focus on what really matters?

bromquinn · Accepted Answer

I&rsquo;ve spent a lot of time thinking about this and trying different things.Something that&rsquo;s really helped me is to set aside the first hour of the morning for working on my most important goal. Turn off notifications, put the phone in the other room, and just do it for an hour. (The book &lsquo;the war of art&rsquo; has some good notes on this).If you commit to spending an hour, the next thing you&rsquo;ll have to do is fight internet distractions during that time. I&rsquo;ve recently created a chrome extension that helps with this by allowing you to input topics you want to focus on, and the extension will block any unrelated content. ( https://getontopic.com )

GistNoesis · Answer

Try making your important goals rewarding. If they are not, try adding some artificial reward to them.

disrael · Answer

At work I use https://www.uclusion.com since I am a co-founder.

krrishd · Answer

creating deadlines, after which i force myself to move on from those goals & accept that they won't happen (or at least the specific thing i set the deadline for)