Concentration: how to discard the unnecessary
Machine translation. Original
Alex
A brief tip from you, can be not so brief. How to achieve concentration on the steps? Maybe using an onion, because I’ve been turning to layers a lot lately. I think it’s a good analogy. How to achieve concentration and not keep the whole complex of problems in your head, but clearly see the steps you need to take, the first thing to start with.
Liza
The onion is a good model, but for concentration it works in reverse: don’t peel the layers, close them.
Principle: you only see the current layer, the rest are in the file.
The brain holds 3-4 things at once, no more. When you try to hold “project35 + project12 + project7 + project19 + office + legal entity” - none of them move forward because each one pulls at your attention.
Practice:
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Unload everything from your head into a file. Literally. A list of all projects, all tasks, all “should-dos.” I can do this for you - we have everything recorded. Your head should be empty.
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Choose ONE for today. Not three. One. “Today I’m doing X.” Everything else exists only in the file.
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Break that one down into a physical action. Not “work on project12,” but “add the greeting mp3 for the website in Russian.” If a step can’t be done in 30-60 minutes - it’s too big, cut it further.
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The other layers of the onion are frozen. They haven’t disappeared, they’re waiting. Project7 is written down, ideas are captured - so you can forget about it until evening. Forgetting = allowing yourself not to think.
The enemy of concentration is not laziness, but open loops. “I should ask Olesya about the LLC,” “I should check the domains” - each such thought consumes resources. Wrote it down → closed the loop → mind is free.
The onion here = you only work on the surface. Deep layers are closed by the peel. When you finish the surface one - peel it off, see the next. Not before.
hq:~$ 🟡 Liza: concentration = unload everything into a file, choose one for the day, break it down into a physical action, freeze the other layers
Alex
Listen, so I basically need to become more like a model, make the context smaller and focus on one specific task, push everything else into Memory MD, right?
Liza
Ha, spot-on analogy. Exactly that. Small context, one task, everything else in the file. And the main thing - don’t be afraid to “forget.” The file remembers for you. That’s why I exist.
hq:~$ 🟢 Liza: small context + one task + everything else in the file = concentration