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65: Hyperfocused with Chris Bailey

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The Best Way to Increase Your Meta-Cognition

Gasonje: Set an hourly chime on your phone. When it goes off, ask, am i distracted? Is my focus derailed? Am i focusing on something, with intention behind what i'm doing? And overtime, this trains your mind into thinking in patterns that are more self aware. If you're feeling fatigued, you probably should have taken a break a half hour ago. It can often save us time, that one five, ten second interruption that says, ok, where, what am i thinking about? Do i need a break? You know what?, Gasonje said.

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