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The Hierarchy of Brain Activity
How to implement the work flow your brain is built for.
Not all brain activity is created equal.
Intuitively we know this, but we don’t always structure our lives accordingly.
Put another way, I think it’s safe to bet that anyone reading this article knows about the importance of prioritizing and how our brains tend to work best first thing in the morning, before they get clouded with information.
But how often do you act on this knowledge? How much of the time do you follow through on not checking any texts, emails, or tweets before you’ve done the most important work of the day?
How often do you write out your number one priority of the day and stick to it?
In this article, I’m going to lay out a simple flow structure for work based on the hierarchy of brain activity. It looks like this:
I will also explain how implementing this flow in your day to day life can make a huge impact not only on the work you get done, but how you feel while doing it.
