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Lately, I’ve been reflecting on the ways that our digital workspaces can either positively reinforce or utterly destroy the quality of our work. It’s not even a matter of brute-force productivity-hacking through calendars and A.I. tools to “get more done faster™”. Rather, the way that we structure our digital environment can be the difference between mediocre outputs and the kind of work that will make colleagues hail you as a genius or a savant.
This is why some days you can run a million miles a minute and still end up with a pile of garbage, and other days you enter a flow state where you sell more, design better and think 12 moves ahead to put the competition in checkmate. You can use all the latest and greatest tools to boost your efficiency, but if you fail to create a digital environment conducive to a flow state, you will be lucky to just stay ahead of your inbox, meetings, and the urgent tasks that fall on your head like a dozen raw eggs throughout the day. If you want to take back the reigns and focus on the work that drives your revenue, you must design a digital environment that empowers you.
What is Digital Environment Design?
The idea of “Environment Design” comes from James Clear’s book Atomic Habits. Clear describes how positioning “cues” in our environment removes the cognitive…
