Conquering distraction, passive income ideas, and calculating early retirement.
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I struggle with focus.
I joked about in last week’s edition of Knowledge UP↑, but even AS I TYPE THIS I’m distracted with…
→ 7 ‘pinned’ tabs open
→ 11 regular tabs open
→ 29 bookmarks in the bookmark bar
Why do we—assuming I’m not alone in this—do this to ourselves? And more importantly: what can we do about it?
Distraction is keeping us from achieving great things. Hell, it’s keeping some us from achieving average things.
A few ways to conquer distraction
→ The Tab Hoard folder. You have 731 tabs open because they’re too important to close. These tabs are constant distractions. Create a Tab Hoard folder in your bookmarks tab: any tab you have anxiety about closing—bookmark it in the Tab Hoard folder. The irony: I rarely review my Tab Hoard folder. It’s all about peace of mind and eliminating distraction.
→ Newsfeed Eradicator. This free Chrome extension will help anyone lacking the willpower to check out their Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn feeds regularly. Add it to Chrome, turn it on, keep it on.
→ Freedom.to (affiliate) If the first two strategies don’t work for you—pay a small monthly fee to block websites for chunks of time with Freedom. Includes personal customization options and applications for desktop AND smartphone. (Sign up to get the full experience AND some awesome added perks like 2 months of Skillshare FREE or 3 months FREE of Todoist!)
Your attention is valuable. Protect it.
Tweet of the week
Now on to this week’s Knowledge UP↑ features.
Knowledge Nuggets
🎧Podcast
PodcastNotes.org
“The best ideas from the world’s best podcasts in minutes.”
A website dedicated to summarizing the best podcasts on the planet? Yes please. Learn key insights from hundreds of podcast episode notes on the topics of…
→ Business
→ Nutrition
→ Finance/Crypto
→ Fitness
→ Life
Subscribe to the weekly newsletter with a short summary of the best new notes—or subscribe for *Premium* notes for $99/year. || Follow Podcast Notes on Twitter
✏Write
Morgan Housel — A Few Thoughts On Writing
This article is a 3-minute read containing 12 brief thoughts that pack a PUNCH. Read it, soak it in, read it again. Then, WRITE.
“Whoever says the most stuff in the fewest words wins.” 😘👌
|| Follow Morgan Housel on Twitter
🤝Marketing
Blogging For Business [FREE COURSE] via Ahrefs.com
Blogging is one of the best ways to build quality SEO for your business. Let the SEO gurus at Ahrefs show you exactly how to do it with this FREE course. || Follow Ahrefs on Twitter
💰 Side Hustle
10 Best Passive Income Ideas [That Earn $1,000+ Per Month]
Fiona at Millennial Money Woman has been publishing stellar personal finance posts for the better part of a year—and this one’s no different! Get some inspiration for your next side hustle with this diverse list of ways to add another income stream. || Follow Millennial Money Woman on Twitter
💳 Personal Finance
Networthify.com
Curious when you can retire? Check out this simple retirement calculator from networthify.com || Early Retirement Calculator || Longer to retirement than you’d hoped? Time to take up one of those side hustles mentioned above ;)
That’s it for this week! Thanks for reading to the end, you are now my favorite person. Here’s a gold star ⭐
See you next week!
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