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Author Archives: Martin Boeddeker
Martin Boeddeker is the founder of FindFocus.net, the One-Page Productivity Planner and the mind behind the FindFocus Distraction Blocker for Mac. He studied industrial engineering and management in Germany and worked for some of the biggest companies in the world. With FindFocus he wants to help people to get rid of what he calls DigitalADD so they focus on the things that truly matter in life.
This morning at 7:30am the cops came to my house. They were looking for a “confused woman” because someone reported “strange voices.” I just finished my Hour of Power from Tony Robbins until it dawned on me. They were not looking for a confused woman. They were looking for ME!!! I guess my incantations were loud enough. Poor woman, who called […]
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Stare into the lights my pretties – What is the impacts of addictive technology on people, society and the environment? – With Jordan BrownMartin Boeddeker interviews award-winning film-maker and activist Jordan Brown. Together they try to answer the question how can we return to the real physical world again?Download this episode now to get started!In […]
Continue readingWelcome to Episode 01 of the FindFocus Podcast. In this episode, Marco Stojanovic and I discuss the science of building new habits.So if you want to get to know the most important aspect of building simple AND complex habits, how to learn a new language in 10 minutes per day, and how a student was […]
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Everyone’s talking about Internet addiction, right? We all know that we are probably spending too much time online. But what almost no one understands about Internet addiction is how it relates to the concept of deep work. Do you spend all your time using willpower and motivation trying to develop better online habits instead of wasting your […]
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In 2004 Christoph van Nimwegen a cognitive psychologist at Utrecht University began a series of simple but highly revealing experiments to discover what kind of behavior leads to expertise.This experiment is highly relevant to your journey as an entrepreneur, freelancer, or even just a human being. The experiment had two groups of people play a computer […]
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Let’s say you’ve been wanting to quit spending so much time on reddit or Facebook for a while, or you’ve really been wanting to start your online business or finish your new book. All of a sudden, you read something that motivates you … You’re ready to make the change! You’re determined. You’re going to make this happen. It’s […]
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SelfControl is an OS X application which blocks access to incoming and/or outgoing mail servers and websites for a predetermined period of time. For example, you could block access to your email, facebook, and twitter for 90 minutes, but still have access to the rest of the web. Once started, it can not be undone by […]
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This post is an independent review done by Sergiu Gatlan from Softpedia. The original article can be found here: Complex yet easy to use app designed to help you focus on the task at hand, to avoid distractions and to take well-timed breaks to stay productiveDepending on your ability to fight procrastination, you may or may […]
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Wow! I never expected that such a simple answer would resonate with over 1.000.000 people. I am deeply grateful. Therefore, I wrote a little add-on to this question.Let me make an assumption first. You already know a lot about productivity and are looking for ways how to improve your life. However, the more you read the more […]
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