Focus

High Focus Benefits

• Getting into hustle mode quickly.
• Avoid distractions.
• Getting outcome faster.

Searching The Internet

Most of the engineers search in the wrong way and spending hours on it.

Specific Search

When you start finding a solution start including specific details. Wrong search example: Windows update stuck

Right search: Windows 11 security update number <x update> stuck. Then, You can adjust it and make it broader.

When troubleshooting an error use multiple quotes and avoid including ip address or any specific data. The personal data like ip or private dns name could confuse the search engine. Quotes example of the error like: couldn't pull the image or failed to resolve".

Advanced Search Operators

site: - Mentioning specific site to get in the search result that may help. For example: site:stackoverflow.com

related: - This operator is used to he give us more related sites. For example: related:example.com

Boolean Operators

AND - It combines terms. We need to make sure that all the terms in the search results. OR - Useful for different terms that used for the same concept. - : This Operator is used for excluding terms. If we found some unrelated website in results we can exclude it. For example: -somewebsite.com

Best Practices Of Working Efficiently

1. Locate the monitor in the eye level
2. Locating the monitor down the the eye level us sleepy.
3. looking up makes one more alert.
4. Don’t work while lying down.
5. Don’t work in bed.
6. Don’t work on the sofa.

One Monitor

Avoid using monitor bigger than 27". It will make your eyes spreading to other things. Smaller monitor = better focus.

Vision Types

There are two types of visions:

1. Narrowed vision (focused vision) - It makes our eyes ready to focus on one thing.
2. Peripheral vision (broader vision) - Looking around using our eyes in the wide areas telling our brain that we are in a relaxing mode which is good for decreasing stress.

Recommendations

• After 45 minutes of focus and work, let your eyes to relax and having the peripheral vision.
• Take a break and walking outside for 5 minutes. The eyes intuitively would start scanning around the area.

Higher Ceiling vs Lower Ceiling

The height of the ceiling is critical of our hustle type. Higher ceiling - working in a room including higher ceiling and wide spaces means suitable for creative mind, Sharing ideas, Connecting people, etc.

Lower ceiling - Suitable for work including the small details like analytics, numbers, coding

Phases of the day

Phase 1 - Once we woke up, The next 9 hours of the day will be focus and hustle tasks. The brain at this phase of time is in its sharpest mode. This is the best way to achieve the wanted results.

Phase 2 - At this phase of time, the brain is in a creative mode. In this phase you can go for a walk, write down ideas, Brainstorming, drawings, etc. Capture this information and do it in the next morning.

“Lower The Ceiling”

Wearing hat or hoodie would make your mind feels that the ceiling is lower.

Kill Distractions Tips

• Put your phone at do not disturb (DND) to avoid app notifications and incoming calls.
• Close all the unnecessary tabs in your browser. keep the minimum you need.

AD Blockers

Use ad blockers and if you see a relevant content, Capture it for later. Keep in mind that searching in the internet could be distracted by phone and computer notifications.

One Task

Focus on one task. This task suppose to be small and simple to perform. Close all the unnecessary tabs in your browser and keep the tabs that related to your task.

Do not do nothing else.