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 Hindsight bias makes one thinks that they are better predictors of events than one actually is. To understand this, we can read newspapers from ten or more years ago and know the unpredictability in the world.  Map that to the business side of things. We make plans and forecasts but there are so many factors — competition, market conditions, technology disruptions that it is mostly futile.  How can we overcome this? Take decisions on which you have much more information. Even if you have to make long term plans, break them down into what you are going to do next quarter, month, or even week.

  Important things to consider around your workspace for enhanced focus and productivity. Keep the Screen height at or slightly above your eye level. If you have work with eyes looking down — it lowers your alertness (tells the mind you want to sleep). It also helps in a better Posture. Try and work ~50% of your time standing up. If you lots of meetings, one way can be to take the meetings standing up. You will be more alert as well as burn more calories. If you want to use music while working — go for Binaural 40Hz music — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTZbhW2kg8M Have a lot of overhead light in the first 7–8 hours of working. The computer screen size should be roughly the width of your head. May be a couple of inches more. But a wider screen does not drive focus as your eyes do not converge at one point (which is a driving point for focused work) All ideas from Huberman Lab Podcast on workspaces.

This is related to spaces with high ceilings (like in Cathedral) or more space compared to a confined space.  Based on a Huberman lab podcast, research says that if you have to do creative thinking kind of work like planning, brainstorming or something abstract/artsy — a space with high ceiling and more space around you is the ideal place.  On the contrary if it is work that requires less creativity and more concrete, detail focused work — in that case a space with low ceilings is more ideal.

While writing - think of an image and then translate that image into words. If you are able to generate the same image in the reader's mind, then it will be easy for both the reader and the writer to come on the same page. (from "The Pyramid Principle")

 Makes sense to focus on the process rather than the goal. Create habits that will ultimately lead to not only meeting the goal but sustain that achievement over long term. You do not want to hit the goal of lets say reducing your weight and then allow it to increase again once you hit your target.