every lesson I learned fell into better management of one of three categories: my time, my attention, and my energy. - Chris Bailey

Boring Frustrating Difficult Unstructured or ambiguous Lacking in personal meaning Lacking in intrinsic rewards (i.e., it’s not fun or engaging) The more of these attributes a task has, and the more intense these attributes are, the less attractive a task will be to you, and the more likely you’ll procrastinate on it.

by focusing deeply on just one important thing at a time — hyperfocusing — we become the most productive version of ourselves.

But busyness does not translate into productivity if it doesn’t lead you to accomplish anything.