This is Stephen Robbins. Welcome to the Get It Done Guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Through all of human history, one thing holds a special place in our hearts. Doors. Yes, doors. We put them

everywhere. We have front doors, back doors, side doors, kitchen doors, bathroom doors. What's our

most tasty snack food?

Door Eidos.

Who liquidated the Wicked Witch of the West?

Dorothy.

And this happens all over the world.

Who kills bulls in one-on-one combat?

Mad at Doors.

So imagine how powerful you'll be if you can learn to use doors to become your very own master of the universe.

On the advice of a neuroscientist, I read an article about brains and doors.

You might think it was about how zombies go through doors to find brains to eat,

which of course is the zombie equivalent of door edos, but it wasn't.

It was all about how our brains use doorways

to create transitions. Doors change our brains. When you walk through a doorway, you tend to forget

what you're thinking about. Your mind gets cleared to make room for lots of great new stuff.

Researcher Gabriel Radvanski explains that walking through a doorway creates an event

boundary in the mind. So your mind separates episodes of activity and just, you know, files them away.

Now, he doesn't say how to use this, but maybe. Just maybe. I've learned techniques in the past

that worked, but for no obvious reason, I didn't know why. And it may be that

the doorway effect is why they worked. So, let's delve into a couple of them. Here are some

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