Whether we love our jobs or not, the amount of work on our plate has reached unsustainable levels. We start each workday anxious about how we will get it all done, and which important tasks will have to be sacrificed--again--so we can keep our heads above water. We often respond to our out-of-control to-do lists by focusing on being more efficient--trying to get more done in less time.



According to Josh Davis, Ph.D., we're going about it the wrong way. The answer is not to get more done faster, but rather to create the conditions for at least two awesome hours of peak productivity each day.



Neuroscience and psychology research is revealing what those conditions are. Drawing on this research, Davis explains that our minds operate according to complex factors that, when leveraged the right way, can make us truly effective. Davis shows us five deceptively simple strategies to create the conditions for incredible productivity and to restore sanity and balance to our lives:

 

• Maximize the moments in our day when we are between tasks, intentionally choosing what to tackle next
• Schedule tasks based on their cognitive and emotional demands
• Learn how to direct attention
• Feed and move our bodies for short-term benefit
• Identify how our environment affects our focus and alertness

We are capable of impressive feats of comprehension, motivation, and performance when our psychological and biological systems are functioning optimally. Two Awesome Hours will show us how to be our most productive every day.