Nothing that sounds immediately impressive, just the small things that made an impact.
I learned to notice when I interrupted my deep work, for example while waiting for the build to finish I'd browse HN, or watch YouTube videos while working, listening to podcasts in the background, etc. I no longer forced myself to work with the pomodoro technique as it intentionally interrupts your focus (it's still good if you struggle to get anything done at all).
I also learned that the relatively small work needed to uplevel from being average to good (so that people in my field know me) is worth it, so organized meetups, gave talks and had a podcast.
Another important point of his book (so good they can't ignore you) was that, paraphrasing, passion is BS, so I learned to push through the initial phase of learning something new and work hard enough to enjoy basically anything as I got better and better.
It's not perfect, I'm not perfect, but it really helped me to stop being a scatterbrain, slightly below average developer.
I learned to notice when I interrupted my deep work, for example while waiting for the build to finish I'd browse HN, or watch YouTube videos while working, listening to podcasts in the background, etc. I no longer forced myself to work with the pomodoro technique as it intentionally interrupts your focus (it's still good if you struggle to get anything done at all).
I also learned that the relatively small work needed to uplevel from being average to good (so that people in my field know me) is worth it, so organized meetups, gave talks and had a podcast.
Another important point of his book (so good they can't ignore you) was that, paraphrasing, passion is BS, so I learned to push through the initial phase of learning something new and work hard enough to enjoy basically anything as I got better and better.
It's not perfect, I'm not perfect, but it really helped me to stop being a scatterbrain, slightly below average developer.