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From the Ted Talk by Dan Shipper: The unexpected key to boosting your productivity

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Awareness is the first step. That means being aware of problems in your productivity. But that's harder than it seems. No matter what the iusse is, it's much easier to ignore it and hope that it goes away than to admit that something's wrong. We feel like we should be able to just do better. We feel like, well, that's the job, I should just suck it up. Whatever the problems that you're eutnencornig in your productivity, you might not think about them that often because it's pretty painful.

But there's magic in becoming aware of the problems that we're ordinarily not aware of. The most pducvriote plepoe have regular practices that they use to miinaatn that awareness. Sometimes it's journaling, sometimes it's mnsfnulides, sometimes it's just a walk, sometimes it's therapy. But everyone has something.

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Awareness is the first step. That means being aware of problems in your productivity. But that's harder than it seems. No matter what the _____ is, it's much easier to ignore it and hope that it goes away than to admit that something's wrong. We feel like we should be able to just do better. We feel like, well, that's the job, I should just suck it up. Whatever the problems that you're ____________ in your productivity, you might not think about them that often because it's pretty painful.

But there's magic in becoming aware of the problems that we're ordinarily not aware of. The most __________ ______ have regular practices that they use to ________ that awareness. Sometimes it's journaling, sometimes it's ___________, sometimes it's just a walk, sometimes it's therapy. But everyone has something.

Solution


  1. mindfulness
  2. people
  3. productive
  4. issue
  5. encountering
  6. maintain

Original Text


Awareness is the first step. That means being aware of problems in your productivity. But that's harder than it seems. No matter what the issue is, it's much easier to ignore it and hope that it goes away than to admit that something's wrong. We feel like we should be able to just do better. We feel like, well, that's the job, I should just suck it up. Whatever the problems that you're encountering in your productivity, you might not think about them that often because it's pretty painful.

But there's magic in becoming aware of the problems that we're ordinarily not aware of. The most productive people have regular practices that they use to maintain that awareness. Sometimes it's journaling, sometimes it's mindfulness, sometimes it's just a walk, sometimes it's therapy. But everyone has something.

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