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I like your #1. The advice to "eat that frog" presupposes that you have the willpower to do so already. I prefer the phrasing "using small wins to build momentum."

I haven't considered #2, but I'll try that next time I'm in a slump. I generally avoid early morning chatter so I don't drain my introvert battery early, but I suppose I could "seed" a conversation to give the extroverts their morning boost.

Could you elaborate on #3, please? What are some other examples of systems besides the Pomodoro technique?

I agree with #4, with the caveat that you can be efficient with things, but not with people.

For #5, it would be nice to work in a place where people explicitly acknowledge that productivity is variable. My workplace doesn't do that, so I explicitly tell my subordinates that I don't expect them to operate at 100% efficiency every day. But I also want want their 125% days to make up for their 75% days, so everything still evens out.

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