<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Focus on Nicolas Nowinski</title><link>https://nicknow.net/tags/focus/</link><description>Recent content in Focus on Nicolas Nowinski</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2018 22:13:40 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://nicknow.net/tags/focus/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>No Gogo: Gain Focus by Flying Without Internet</title><link>https://nicknow.net/focus-by-flying-without-airplane-internet/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2018 22:13:40 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://nicknow.net/focus-by-flying-without-airplane-internet/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;I used to have a monthly Gogo Wifi subscription. Then I got rid of it. Flying is better for me now, it&amp;rsquo;s more beneficial because it helps me to focus.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Not long ago I realized that Delta offered free wifi for messaging (iMessage, WhatsApp, etc.) Awesome. Now I can stay in contact but not get sucked into Apps and Internet world. I wish American offered this, but they don&amp;rsquo;t - so choose Delta if it&amp;rsquo;s an option.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Deep Work: Stopping the Distractions Killing Your Performance</title><link>https://nicknow.net/deep-work-stopping-distractions-killing-performance/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2017 10:28:53 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://nicknow.net/deep-work-stopping-distractions-killing-performance/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Since it is the start of December we&amp;rsquo;re now down to one month left to accomplish this year&amp;rsquo;s goals and set some goals for next year&amp;hellip;for a lot of people those goals include getting some big projects done, and one of the reasons we fail to accomplish a lot of our big projects is because we aren&amp;rsquo;t in the right state to do deep work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="deep-work"&gt;Deep Work&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I only came across &lt;a href="https://www.npr.org/2017/07/25/539092670/you-2-0-the-value-of-deep-work-in-an-age-of-distraction"&gt;this NPR podcast&lt;/a&gt; (worth the 40 minutes to listen to) from July the other day and found it very interesting, in light of the need many of us have to find ways to be more effective. I see people complaining about their procrastination problem. (And no, &lt;a href="https://totallyadd.com/blog/23-signs-you-do-not-have-adhd/"&gt;you probably don&amp;rsquo;t have ADHD&lt;/a&gt; - not even &amp;ldquo;a little bit&amp;rdquo; - but if you think you legitimately might have ADHD then find a good psychiatrist and schedule an appointment.) Our world is becoming full of distractions and that is taking away from our ability to really focus and do &lt;em&gt;deep work&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>