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Module 2 · Lesson 3

Designing a desk you can actually start at

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The mistake most people make is treating the desk as storage. Everything that lives on it is competing for the same attention you are trying to give one task.

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So the rule is one surface, one job. If the thing you are about to do needs three objects, only those three objects are allowed to be in front of you.

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Everything else goes into a single box, not a filing system. A filing system is a second task, and you will not do it.

Course contents Module 1 · Seeing the problem Why willpower is the wrong lever 9:12 Mapping where your day actually breaks 8:40 Module 2 · Changing the room Designing a desk you can actually start at 10:58 Noise, light and the cost of a shared office 11:20 Module 3 · Changing the calendar Time blindness and the two-clock method 9:58 Asking the people around you for one change 8:06

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