Love this Irina! I have to admit I am on my way to building the same mindset as the hogh performers. I used to live in my bubble of comfort until I started to learn code. Which changed the way I approach many areas of my life.
As someone working at the intersection of digital marketing and e-commerce, this resonates deeply. The resistance to tackling important but non-urgent tasks is something I've observed both personally and in teams I've led.
What struck me most was the distinction between discipline and discernment - knowing when to push through versus when to optimize or delegate. In digital projects, I've found that setting up structured processes helps overcome this resistance, particularly for tasks like documentation or optimization work that pays dividends later.
Great post about how to tackle the tasks we are avoiding. It fits perfectly with my last post of 4 productivity tools. I also describe other productivity roadblocks and how to overcome them. I would love to hear your thoughts.
Sometimes, writing the prompt helps me determine where to start and how to approach the work.
The quality/usefulness of the generated output changes depending on the case, but starting from something (even if it's terrible) reduces that activation energy
Tough experiences shape the wisdom that makes success possible.
Love this Irina! I have to admit I am on my way to building the same mindset as the hogh performers. I used to live in my bubble of comfort until I started to learn code. Which changed the way I approach many areas of my life.
https://fromcodetocorneroffice.substack.com/
As someone working at the intersection of digital marketing and e-commerce, this resonates deeply. The resistance to tackling important but non-urgent tasks is something I've observed both personally and in teams I've led.
What struck me most was the distinction between discipline and discernment - knowing when to push through versus when to optimize or delegate. In digital projects, I've found that setting up structured processes helps overcome this resistance, particularly for tasks like documentation or optimization work that pays dividends later.
This connects directly with what I explored in my analysis of building automation systems (https://thoughts.jock.pl/p/automation-guide-2025-ten-rules-when-to-automate) - sometimes the hardest part is just starting the work of determining what's worth automating versus what requires human judgment.
Great article!
Great post about how to tackle the tasks we are avoiding. It fits perfectly with my last post of 4 productivity tools. I also describe other productivity roadblocks and how to overcome them. I would love to hear your thoughts.
https://open.substack.com/pub/wonderlead/p/4-tools-to-become-a-more-productive?r=olas6&utm_medium=ios
GenAI tools, like Goose, are very helpful in reducing the activation energy
How do you use it to reduce the activation energy?
Sometimes, writing the prompt helps me determine where to start and how to approach the work.
The quality/usefulness of the generated output changes depending on the case, but starting from something (even if it's terrible) reduces that activation energy
I try to avoid starting with prompts to avoid being impacted in my creativity, but if I am stuck I do it too
nicely written :)