Developer Vasya was unable to get to work in the morning. Then there was an emotional meeting with the customer, after which procrastination intensified again. As a result, instead of the eight planned hours of work, there were three. Vasya understands that he will have to complete work tasks at home, and therefore he will again neglect his (constantly postponed) education. Then the authors of the article you are reading appear and offer to try a couple of interesting things for effective inclusion. We try to slow down twice and click on a dozen more examples of mental counting. After the rally, put all your reflection on paper and “polish” it with an active walk. Simple solutions that together allow you to avoid wasting time “stabbing at the monitor.” How did we choose these solutions and why exactly them? In general, there are about four dozen similar techniques, and even more specific techniques. To take specific actions that you need, we have created a simple tool, described later in the article. Useful reading! Introduction It is important to understand that even a few unworked typical switches in your schedule over a distance per month often turn into more than ten hours of wasted time or, in modern parlance, regular procrastination. Authors have to find many ways to switch over the course of their professional careers, which are then incorporated into a schedule or developed as habits. In the context of increasing work efficiency or social interaction. Igor Vikentiev, one of the classics of the Russian training and consulting market and the owner of the largest database on creativity methods, was the first to propose the very idea of ​​switching. True, in his lectures and materials he often talks about switching behavior patterns rather than states. (He also consulted the authors of the article many times and gave valuable recommendations.) In general, the lack of skills to manage one’s own states is one of the main reasons why daily plans, in which a bunch of tasks are stuck for every free minute, most often fail. Investigating the issue of switching (as a consequence of increasing labor efficiency), we found that in a variety of professions people had to learn to do this on their own. From radio hosts to actors and participants in intellectual games. If a specialist does not switch to core work in time, he will not fulfill his professional duties or will do it at a low level. It is worth noting that procrastination affects not only an IT specialist who works for hire and is surrounded on all sides by corporate regulations and tasks with deadlines, but also a freelancer who is his own manager. (More information about the independent organization of intellectual work can be found in the lecture “Self-management” from the editor-in-chief of the LIVREZON publishing house Anatoly Ryzhachkov.) Most of the practices and techniques given below work with several repeating states: for habitual and complex work, rest, sleep, recovery state , boredom and emotionally excited state. State Typical work tasks for the state (not specified in excess) State for habitual (uncomplicated, routine) work Conduct a daily planning meeting with the team, distribute tasks to developers, etc. State for complex work - that is, intellectual and/or requiring the inclusion of complex skills Programming for the most part , drawing up scripts, planning projects, writing technical solutions, etc. State of boredom (long monotonous work) Recording the results of calls, meetings, experiments, etc. Emotionally excited state Twitching on various issues, several calls in a row, analysis of incidents, etc..